An introverted, timid high school student is treated as an outcast. At home, she lives in fear of her violent alcoholic father. She escapes into online role-playing. Things appear to look up when popular girl wants to become friends.

Sara is sent to a strict boarding school after her father enlists in WWI. When he is presumed dead, the headmistress, knowing she will not receive any more money, forces the girl to become a servant.

A love affair to hide. A wedding to prepare. A disaster to come.

High school friends reunite after many years to spend a weekend in the mountains, but when everything goes wrong, there is no time for girl bonding.

A poor Chinese laborer learns important lessons after his son gets a strange new toy.