Through a series of letters in her notebook, an adolescent girl documents her bizarre and often uncomfortable experience at "wife camp," and explores patriarchal gender norms and marital expectations.

A boy and his friends swim in a river near their small hometown. After, the boy watches as his older brother splits off from the group to chat with a girl, and leaves his boyhood behind.

A fourteen-year-old boy with a love for boats and fear of swimming sets out on a small adventure to reach the river and encounters some difficulties along the way.

An unmarried Japanese woman recounts how a pair of pants was the breaking point in her parents’ marriage.

After the death of his mother, a young boy unhappily spends time with his wimpy uncle and witnesses a moment of unexpected heroism.

After an obese older man discovers his wife is having an affair, he invites the lovers on a tense trip to the beach.

A woman goes to pick up a neon sign and is entranced by the sign maker. Her husband at home seems to be going crazy as he is obsessed with making wooden dolls.

When two sisters and their best friend befriend the new boys in their rural town, the girls' thoughts shift from make-believe to the realties of puberty.

A 36-year-old woman falls in love with her friend's 21-year-old brother, and she must choose between doing what she desires and doing what she thinks would be best for him.

Erica's dissonance between the importance of following the principles of Christianity versus exploring the joys of youth causes tension between herself and her lover, Theo.