Marussia

18-year-old Lina arrives in Paris for her studies. She comes to look for what she has never found in Lebanon, her country of origin: a certain form of freedom. The survival instinct as the only baggage, she sails from one Paris to another to the rhythm of her romantic encounters.

Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.

Genç anneler için bir sığınma evinde barınan ve hepsi zorlu koşullarda büyümüş olan Jessica, Perla, Julie, Naïma ve Ariane, kendileri ve çocukları için daha iyi bir yaşam elde etme mücadelesi veriyor.

Büyük bir sigorta şirketinin yöneticisi Gene, kötümserliğini bir mesai arkadaşına aktarır. Fizik profesörü olmak Walter'ı tatmin etmez, o da karısından ayrılır. Troy, mesleğinde yükselişi kösteklenmiş genç bir avukattır. Beatrice ise, geçmişteki bir mucizenin yardımıyla ayakta duran genç bir temizlikçi. Hepsi kendilerine temel bir soru sorarlar: Mutluluk nedir, nasıl mutlu oluruz?

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all the while facing numerous difficulties and obstacles during their journey.