Upon his father's death, a Hungarian stage actor travels to Israel for the funeral and meets his stepmother for the first time.

Set in the Middle East in 1919, a group of European Jews planning on settling in the Sinai Desert are attacked by Bedouin tribesmen. As they fight for their lives they realize that they are beginning a struggle for a new Jewish nation. This film chronicles the beginning of the modern Jewish struggle for a homeland.

In Israel's Central Prison, the security officer is corrupt, supplying drugs and stirring the hatred between Jewish and Arab prisoners to his advantage. Uri, in for 12 years for armed robbery, and Issan, in for 50 years for PLO violence, command the respect of their cells. When the Arabs are framed for the murder of a Jewish prisoner and a young inmate commits suicide rather than lie about what happened, Uri and Issan form an unlikely partnership, leading the security block on a strike. Prison officials try to break it. In the background are Uri's daughter and Issan's wife, women of beauty and passion who embody the distance from inside a cell to the outside.

Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto. The much-anticipated production may never get off the ground, thanks to labor-management difficulties, intramural jealousies, and clashing egos. Amidst all this chaos, the mismatched Anderson and Szanto fall in love.

Before dying, Jenny's mother writes four letters for each of the stages her daughter will live without having her at her side. After an early pregnancy and a marriage that ended in failure, Jenny opens the fourth card, which will lead her to Israel.

Night time. A young pathologist is preforming an autopsy on the body of a notorious criminal, under the supervision of a senior colleague. As the procedure advances, he's about to learn an important lesson, that is not taught in med-school.

Camilla and Louise are digging in the desert sand of Israel. They are looking for relics of the past, but while doing so, self-deception and life-lies appear. This mars their conception of life and shakes their relationship.

An Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in Lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup, he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is made.