A wandering man comes across two food venders who hire him for the day and tell him about their lives.

A team of workers hear a train whistle everyday on the job and speculate who is sounding the repetitive code.

A boy in Pennsylvania watches his dad slowly come to the realization that his pre-fatherhood dream of being in the circus will never happen.

When a mysterious object threatens to kill the ocean ecosystem, the headmistress of a women's university in Africa and her students must traverse the waters to find the mad scientist responsible for putting it there.

A married couple tries to make ends meet for their hungry and sick children in the midst of the Depression but soon realize that sheer willpower cannot save them from the ruthless winter.

A young boy who spends his time in an abandoned house fears for his own future happiness after he watches his father live a difficult life.

A carpenter in the midwest struggles to connect with his son who wants to be a poet.

A moral judge whose courtroom decisions are sometimes aided by the supernatural judgements of a unicorn must choose between his desire for a beautiful young thief, and his determination to be morally worthy of the unicorn.

In a rural town, a woman attempts to run away, with her three children, from her abusive husband. While the feat seems straightforward at first, a series of complications causes their escape to become increasingly precarious.

A recently graduated high school senior who spends his summer as a garbage man suddenly stumbles upon what makes China Town stink so badly; the murdered corpses of hopeful Chinese immigrants who failed to pay their debts.