Fleeing the political unrest in his homeland and journeying through a broken Europe, a British man finds himself seeking asylum on the Turkish border. Desperate, and armed with only rudimentary language skills, he is intent on convincing the authorities to give him a chance at a new life.
Luna, a young Chinese-American girl, longs to be an astronaut when she grows up. When she chances upon a rocket launching into outer space, it strengthens her resolve.
A mother develops a mysterious illness that causes her to float in mid-air. The initial shock of her disease slowly turns into grief as her husband and daughter struggle to cope with letting her go.