A Ticket Without a Return Date
Selma returns from abroad to sell the family house, but the boy from her memories no longer wants to be someone else's reason for coming home.
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Selma returns from abroad to sell the family house, but the boy from her memories no longer wants to be someone else's reason for coming home.
A husband claims to have forgotten a family lunch, although he deliberately left his wife to explain his empty place.
On a recording of the winning choir, its conductor hears the voice of a woman who sat in the audience that evening.
During a long power cut Harun shares his ice cream with neighbors, and the woman upstairs refuses to let their conversation end when the lights return.
A friend offers a job reference, then secretly persuades the employer not to call the applicant.
A volunteer notices that the most expensive pictures at a charity auction are being bought by a man nobody has seen in the room.
A baker and a night watchman arrange their first date, but neither has free time when they can stay awake.
A husband secretly discarding his wife's keepsakes claims he is only helping her clear out unnecessary things.
Selida's family expects her to accept a suitor who helped their business. When a scandal erupts, they ask one more favor to protect the family's reputation.
A night bus driver notices a man who travels to the end of the route without ever carrying a travel bag.
A woman discovers that her marital arguments have an audience voting on who is right.
A local hero gets the chance to become the public face of a respected organization. Only his partner knows how he acquired the money sustaining his carefully built reputation.
While restoring a village reading room, Jasna discovers why the carpenter keeps refusing to make a coat rack for two.
Adult children on a family holiday learn that their parents have already separated, although they still behave as a married couple.
A quiet designer accepts a colleague's help to become more noticeable. When she attracts a man they both like, friendly advice suddenly begins to look like a trap.
Irena is used to love arriving with grand reconciliations. During a quiet afternoon at her new partner's home, she starts wondering why nothing with him needs to be repaired.
A woman discovers that her partner's promise to quit smoking hides months of excuses that have become a bigger problem than cigarettes.
A photographer must portray an influential man whose daughter he loves. When accusations emerge against her father, choosing a photograph becomes a question of their own honesty.
While clearing a storage cupboard, Rada and Jusuf find their old answering machine. On it they hear two people who found tender words much easier to say.
Before a family celebration, a woman must admit that the news which accelerated the wedding isn't true.
At every talk, Vildana says she works for her son who is still studying. Her new partner meets that son by chance and discovers that the story stopped matching life long ago.
Darija is used to questions about her work leading to jokes, other people's tragedies, or requests for favors. On their first date, Irfan asks something for which she has no prepared answer.
A woman discovers her husband's recommendation for new business premises wasn't based only on concern for her work.
Selma is preparing to marry the owner of a website that lives on other people's secrets. A conversation with his mother reveals the high cost of deciding to ask no questions.
Before their first night together, Jela has to show her partner a part of everyday life she has left at home until now. He also has something in a little box beside the bed.
A woman celebrates her partner's new job until a chance encounter reveals the interview was merely part of his story.
At a prestigious literary club's dinner, Mirna invents a romantic theory. The guests pretend to know it, and her partner must decide what he is really laughing at.
For her birthday Alma is asked what she wants, as she is every year. This time she tries to explain why making another list feels harder than receiving an imperfect gift.
A husband brings a forgotten costume to the theater and learns that the play his wife supposedly rehearses ended long ago.
No one finds Nera's novel scandalous enough. Her editor commissions a public denunciation, but the planned uproar soon threatens the marriage of someone who never agreed to participate.