Ernest Findlater dreams about a South Sea island and a girl he meets there named Lalage. Lalage develops a scheme to help Findlater kill his real life wife. On the night of the planned murder, Findlater discovers that his wife is already dead. She died of natural causes.

When Amalia Balash starts working alongside Georg Nowack at Mr. Maraczek's Parfumerie, the two argue endlessly, while unknowingly writing loving words to each other as a part of an anonymous "dear friend" romantic pen pal service. When Georg finds out who his "dear friend" has been, he looks at their relationship and realizes all that animosity he thought he felt may have been nothing less than love in disguise.

When Amalia Balash starts working alongside Georg Nowack at Mr. Maraczek's Parfumerie, the two argue endlessly, while unknowingly writing loving words to each other as a part of an anonymous "dear friend" romantic pen pal service. When Georg finds out who his "dear friend" has been, he looks at their relationship and realizes all that animosity he thought he felt may have been nothing less than love in disguise.

导演是伊利亚·卡赞，取材于约翰·史坦贝克的作品，是圣经中该隐和亚伯故事的变异，演变成一部十分深沉有力的家庭伦理电影。故事讲述第一次世界大战前的加州，一名聪明伶俐而多愁善感的农家青年，由于一直得不至严厉父亲的爱，故意想法打击天真的双胞胎弟弟，把母亲未死而沦为老鸨的真相揭露出来，最后导致家破人亡的悲剧。

剧情改编自真人真事，描写诺玛·蕾一家都在南部小镇中的棉织厂工作，环境十分恶劣，工人饱受资本家的无情剥削。后来总工会派来一名组织者协助当地组织工会，受到工人们冷嘲热讽和老板无理阻拦。但是对不合理事物具有挑战勇气的诺玛受到组织者的影响而站了出来，终于在工厂成立了第一个工会。

Ralph and Annabell Willart are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their worthless, good-for-nothing son Berry-Berry. When Berry-Berry begins yet another meaningless love affair, this time with an older woman named Echo O’Brien, he really gets his parents at each others’ throats.