A drunkard with a habit of lying and the hope of an American dream tries to get his family out of Cuba across dangerous waters.

In the far future, a Welsh woman temporarily moves to a space colony on a distant planet with her husband, Owen. The woman regals her space-born daughter with tales of the wonders of Earth, and her daughter develops a great longing for Earth that eventually puts her life at risk.

A woman recalls the life and death of her aunt, an American who became an avid traveler and died by suicide after she realized that nothing in her life was as exotic or exciting as she once believed.

Shortly after World War II ends, the captain of Lucky Dragon and his crew contract a mysterious disease that turn their skin scaly and hard. As the news spreads across the village, the crew's lives are changed dramatically.

A South Asian woman harbors a deep fascination with the ocean. When she works with renegade scientists to track a blue whale, the woman and the whale form a deep bond.

Two men fish for sharks to sell. Later, one man brings along woman whose behavior creates fissions in their relationship.

A young married woman meets an intense older woman on a cruise ship who regales her with the tale of an old affair and the lessons she learned from it.

A boy's family goes missing at the beach after he interacts with another family that lives down the street; he is kidnapped by a possible witch when he tries to investigate.