A Canadian woman recalls the self-actualization, love, and loss that a recently deceased friend brought into her life throughout their yearslong relationship.

On a visit to his old family farm in the Great Plains, a man recalls his tumultuous relationship with his now-deceased brother. In the process, he must reckon with the continued influence of familial trauma and confront his own ambiguous role in his brother's death.

When his wife becomes pregnant, a doctoral mathematics student watches her slowly pull away from him. He begins to lose touch with reality until a shocking revelation brings him crashing back to Earth.

A proud, strong mule drafted into the Greek army during World War II endures incredible hardship and wins the hearts of her tired masters.

A Jewish woman cares for her husband, a retired shirt manufacturer, who has Alzheimer's Disease. She convinces his ex-business partner to talk shop with him over the phone. As her husband's health worsens, his wife and his old friend remember his centrality in their lives.

In rural 1950s Pennsylvania, a man processes his wife's death alongside his tight-knit family. As he gathers courage to tend his wife's grave, he must rely on his siblings more than ever before.