In the distant future, a female steward aboard a ship traveling through space attempts to save the lives of the crew members who ostracized her.

An initially unwanted infestation fosters understanding between a woman and the cockroaches in her house.

A Portuguese girl in Hong-Kong finds her circumstances suddenly changed with the onset of the Sino-Japanese War, and struggles to find her way out of China despite the ubiquitous presence of the Japanese officers and spiteful former lovers.

Set during the Second World War, a Czech man tells a story about his dog, in an attempt to make relatable the cruel reality of life in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to a sheltered American woman who owns a pet dog.