A couple, an older man with a young wife, traverse a typical day, dealing with their respective mental health issues atop long-standing marital tensions.

In the far future, HIV cases skyrocket in South Africa, and chemists develop an expensive new drug that must be taken annually by those with the disease. When clinics start raising prices, a man attempts to steal the drug for his friend, only to be confronted with an ugly truth about the industry.

A wealthy family moves into a mansion on an island and raises several generations there. As the years pass, different family members show how things have both changed and also stayed the same within the house.

In an apocalyptic world where the rich have abandoned land to live on cruise ships, a rock star jumps off her ship and is washed ashore. She strikes up a grudging friendship with the reclusive island-dwelling woman who rescues her.

A mysterious object planted at the beach entices Barkley to use his dormant, yet colorful imagination.