It is a great day for Albert and Yvonne. They will finally get divorced. Together with their lawyers they celebrate their new happy lives without each other, and all the fighting.

Conventions of civility among family members are severely strained by the very real breakup of the bonds between them. During a few days at a vacation home, Katha, a woman in late middle age, tries to cope with an influx of discontented, disconnected relatives. Her divorced daughter brings all sorts of people to the house, including a woman-friend accompanied by her psychotic son; the grandfather of the house is convinced he is dying and is satisfied by nothing; and some friends drop off their angry teenage son to stay with her, while they go on a long trip abroad. Her friend Emma doesn't help much with keeping a lid on things, as she is a social worker who is fascinated by the awfulness of these situations.

小女孩约瑟芬和她的父母住在远离村子的地方，她没有伙伴，十分孤独。一天她在花匠古德马森那里认识了一个陌生的男孩雨果。雨果身上野性十足，在约瑟芬眼里，他无所不知，他们很快成了好朋友。有一天，雨果突然不见了。别的孩子说，雨果的爸爸在监狱里，原来雨果的父亲是和平主义者，因为拒绝服兵役才被关进监狱。约瑟芬请古德马森让雨果回来，雨果回来了，而古德马森却要走了。他告诉他们，在遥远的地方有一家人，他们有十八个男孩，另有一个女孩叫约瑟芬。他们总是离别亲人，谁走的时候都要讲一个故事．但从不讲完，别人便对他说“再见”。他也给约瑟芬和雨果讲了故事，然后他们互道“再见” 。

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.