The story of two women. Emel is a Westerner whose husband, a journalist, is missing - perhaps kidnapped or even killed. Khadija is an older woman who has lived through the country's decades-long struggle. Together they search for Emel's husband.

When an Iranian widow takes over her husband's truck stop restaurant after his death, she must hide in the kitchen so she doesn't cause a scandal. Now her brother-in-law wants to be with her for the cafe, while a customer just wants to be with her.

A lighthearted story of a Cuban postal worker and how she copes with her dreary life.

A comedic story about Bosnia turned upside down as it prepares for a visit by President Cinton, two years after the civil war. The entire community fumbles as they try to create a perfect image of themselves. Someone tries to ruin things for everyone.

A schoolteacher tries to fulfill his dying wife's wish of seeing her missing son and instead finds his daughter and her boyfriend, who might have ties to his son's disappearance.

After Ramón loses his job as a restaurant cook during Argentina's economic crisis, his wife Lili suffers a nervous breakdown. They will lose their house unless something drastic is done. Desperate, Ramón accepts a job in Lili's name - and clothes - to serve as a maid to a rich family.

A schoolteacher tries to fulfill his dying wife's wish of seeing her missing son and instead finds his daughter and her boyfriend, who might have ties to his son's disappearance.

"Wang, a young tailor struggling to pay his father's medical bills and simultaneously gain the attention of a pretty girl, discovers a solution for both problems: a policeman's uniform, left in the family shop. He begins to impersonate a police officer, extorting money and impressing the attractive Zheng, who also leads a double life - as an excort. A humorous but realistic portrait of the clashing values of modern-day China"--Container.

A musical like no other in cinema. It tells of a passionate love triangle that leads inexorably to conflict, violence and death.

After 22 years absence, Aziz decides to return to his hometown to sell the house where he was born. But, to his astonishment, the place is now a small restaurant, run by four women, one of them a girl whom he once dated. Atieh's singular passion is food, and her popular restaurant on the sleepy Caspian coast of Iran is her pride and joy. When Aziz appears, threatening her means of supporting her daughter, Atieh prepares his favorite dishes, one night...