En hed nat i Memphis. Et tog ankommer til byen til tonerne af Elvis Presleys "Mystery Train". To japanske turister er på pilgrimsrejse til rockens Mekka. Luisa er i lufthavnen med sin mands lig i et forsøg på at nå det første fly tilbage til Rom. Men hun må tilbringe endnu en nat i Memphis. Engelske Johnny sidder i en bar og trækker en revolver frem i fuldskab. Hans venner samler ham op, og de må finde et skjulested. De indlogerer alle sig på Arcade Hotel, et hotel som har set bedre dage og nætter.

In a vignette called "Strange to meet you," Roberto sits at a small table in a coffee bar. Five cups of coffee and two ashtrays are in front of him; he drinks and smokes. Steven joins him. They start a conversation about cigarettes and coffee. Steven likes to drink coffee before he sleeps, so he can dream faster. The conversation jumps around. "You know my mother?" asks Roberto. Steven describes coffee Popsicles. They switch seats; then switch back. Steven has to leave for a dental appointment he's not looking forward to. Roberto makes a startling offer, inspired no doubt by the coffee and cigarettes.

En DJ, en alfons og en italiensk turist er blevet fængslet i New Orleans. På trods af uenigheder og had mellem dem, lægger de en plan for at slippe ud.

I en serie vignetter diskuterer berømtheder familie, berømmelse, kunst, film, musik, og, ikke mindst, kaffe og cigaretter.

Da Carrol (Tamara Feldman) ogdager, at hendes kæreste er hende utro, vender hun sig mod veninden Alyce (Jade Dornfeld) for at søge trøst. For at glemme det hele beslutter de to venner sig for at slå et ordentligt hul i jorden, men under påvirkning af alkohol og esctasy forårsager Alyce sin bedste og eneste vens død... Alyce tackler sorgen og skyldfølelsen med indtagelsen af flere stoffer, men stille og roligt skubbes hendes skrøbelige og uligevægtige sind tættere og tættere på afgrunden. Snart beslutter hun sig for, at alle med bare den mindste relation til venindens død, også må betale en pris... Zombie Strippers!-instruktøren Jay Lee har skabt et kulsort karakterstudie i galskab, hvor Jade Dornfeld er fuldkommen magnetisk i sin fremstilling af den forskruede Alyce...

Wojnar is a wealthy man who is marrying off his beautiful daughter Kasia, in a small town in present day Poland. Wojnar had to bribe the groom with a fancy car, since Kasia was pregnant by another man. At the end of the ceremony, the car is delivered by a gangster, who immediately demands the promised money and the deed to land from Kasia's grandfather. Unfortunately grandpa is unwilling to let go of the land. Meanwhile each of the workers at the reception demand to be paid, so Wojnar, who is very reluctant to part with his money, tries to haggle and bribe his way out of all the situations.

Reporter Tom Garrett får fri fra sit arbejde til at skrive en roman. Men i mangel på inspiration bliver han overtalt af sin chef og svigerfar til at skrive en faglitterær bog om dødsstraffen. Da en mordsag mangler spor og mistænkte, bestemmer de sig for, at Tom skal opdigte beviser mod sig selv, mens hans chef sidder på materiale, der beviser hans uskyld. Alt sammen for at illustrere dødsstraffens uretfærdighed. Men holder Toms svigerfar sit ord, og er der andre, der vil stikke en kæp i hjulet på deres plan?

To nære venner fanges i et kompliceret net af vold og løgne, da den målrettede kriminaldetektiv (Keitel) forhører en husmor, Cynthia Kellogg (Moore), om hendes bedste venindes voldelige mands forsvinden. Da hun ikke ønsker at inddrage veninden, begynder Cynthia at væve et net af løgne, der til sidste begynder at true hendes egen familie. De to kvinder konfronteres med hinanden, og til sidst bliver de begge kastet ud i et endeligt, voldeligt og chokerende klimaks.

The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted Portuguese nurse took a journey only to find herself lost in abstract drama.

The first Russian emo-movie, Closed Spaces is a story about the newest generation of Russians. Having grown up in Russia's crazy 1990s, an era filled with constant and drastic change, these teenagers have no solid ground beneath their feet. They are trapped in a strange world in which their money-obsessed parents lead senseless lives and even kill each other. Vika is twenty years old. She has black fingernail polish, wears pink dresses, and is constantly depressed. While working at a pizza place, she gets an order for a pizza delivery from Venya, a strange twenty year old boy who lives all alone in a deserted apartment in the middle of Moscow. Venya suffers from agarophobia, the fear of open space. When Vika arrives Venya lets her in and locks the door behind her.

Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.

Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.

A well-off young woman decides to become a nun, joining a convent that rehabilitates female prisoners. Through their program, she meets a woman named Thérèse who refuses any help because she says she was innocent of the crime she was convicted for. After being released from prison, Thérèse murders the actual perpetrator of the crime and comes to seek sanctuary in the convent.

After a chaotic heist, Lupin and Jigen find themselves becoming caretakers of a baby boy, while a young sky pirate called Yutika is after their loot. Yutika is an inhabitant of the city-state of Shahalta, which has recently fallen to a shady minister. Soon, Lupin's gang and Yutika join forces to uncover one of Shahalta's greatest treasures, facing off against both Shahaltan authorities and Zenigata.

In 1993, youngster Loris Riccardi is the art director of a night club destined to become the most transgressive in Italy: Cocoricò. He conceives the concept of night-club-theatre transforming the dance floor into a place of provocation.

Two adventures dive for treasure off the coast of Jamaica.

Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation for the Muslim minority, infuriating Lord Mountbatten. Mountbatten then tries to enlist Gandhi & Nehru to persuade Jinnah to stop his efforts. Gandhi sides with Jinnah, which upsets Nehru. However, Jinnah turns down the offer to become prime minister and the film takes another slide back to 1916, which reveals all of the political implications that have occurred.

Zenia is an industrious Ukrainian migrant worker in Poland who makes house calls as a masseur to the needy and aspirational residents of a middle-class gated community near Warsaw. He is privy to all of their problems, anxieties and secrets – and something of an unwitting guru figure. Zenia’s grounded spirituality, apparent healing powers and broad shoulders make him an object of lust for many of the lost souls in the community.

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

Seven year old Sasha practices violin every day to satisfy the ambition of his parents. Already withdrawn as a result of his routines, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he accidentally meets and befriends worker Sergei, who works on a steamroller in their upscale Moscow neighborhood.