Erik

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

A father says goodbye to his young daughter. In time the daughter grows old, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.

Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.

A private security contractor in Iraq rejects the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to uncover the truth.

The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.