Podarok sudby

Diamond mines seem to gather blackguards like a magnet gathers steel dust. The chances of obtaining a stone whose sale will make the vendor rich for life, attracts all those to whom honest work is abhorrent. Money is easily won and easily lost, and when it cannot be made on the "I.D.B." the independent diamond business, which consists of selling stolen stones. Well, there are generally "pigeons" to be plucked. This engrossing story tells how a scoundrel after fleecing his victim, kills him and impersonates him with the idea of gaining more money. Nemesis, however, finally overtakes him and he meets his death in the very same river in which he had thrown his earlier victim.

Miki works in an office. She's dating Ryosuke and they're happy, except Miki is also in a relationship with her college professor Tanaka. Tanaka is trying to break up with Miki because of his wife, but Miki won't hear of it. Ryosuke has a one-night stand with Chihiro, who also has a boyfriend. The plot thickens further when both girls discover they're pregnant, and don't know who to name as father

A recovering alcoholic father seeks to gain a year of sobriety and reconcile with his teenage daughter.

Three twenty-something male friends in a non-descript Norwegian city seeking happiness. In the crazy 90s with the sexual confusion, substance abuse, and welfare-abuse prevalent, the quest often involves desperate acquaintances (prostitutes, crazy, wrong choices), but most often through a very personal bond of their own. The three are different: One is gay just coming out, another is a "liberated heterosexual" looking for love (in all the wrong places), and the third a manic depressive who alternates between mental wards and a yuppy existence.

A young couple trying to save their marriage attempts therapy in the wake of a haunting tragedy, but when lies and secrets surface, their guilt and grief drive them further apart.