In fourteenth-century England, peasant girl Christine Carpenter is so attracted to a statue of the Virgin Mary that the local priest (who lusts after her) suggests she be walled up in the church as an anchoress, a holy woman with responsibility for blessing the villagers. But when the priest has Christine's mother tried as a witch, she digs herself out of her cell, a crime for which the punishment is death.
In 1986 Madras, a timid eight-year-old boy accidentally locks a feared criminal inside a school restroom. As the man faces hunger and isolation, an unexpected friendship forms between them, transforming both their lives.
A couple arrived in Rome in 1965, fleeing from an abusive husband and from crimes such as adultery and the abandonment of the marital roof, leaving their newborn daughter.
Eine junge Rennwagen-Mechanikerin täuscht eine Verlobung mit dem skandalträchtigsten Racing-Star der Szene vor – offiziell für seinen Ruf, insgeheim für ihre eigene Chance am Steuer. Doch bald droht die Lüge alles zu zerstören, auch das, was längst mehr ist als nur ein Spiel...