The movie consists of six stories, and each of them is based on some ancient Russian fairy tale (or at least the roles are taken from some fairy tales), which makes the story really interesting and funny. Russian latitude and recklessness, incendiary rustic humor and, finally, lots of beautiful Russian girls - all this will leave you a lasting impression and sense of presence in the Russian folk festivals.
An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and the prospects of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.
Maanish belongs to a group of tree cutters. While returning home, he accidentally lost an axe he was supposed to hold onto. Despite all his efforts, he can't recover the axe. Maanish is then approached by a bizarre creature named Maramkothy, who promises to help him retrieve the lost axe.
In the oceanside village of Iyi, the revered Mama Efe acts as an intermediary between the people and the all-powerful water deity Mami Wata. But when a young boy is lost to a virus, Efe’s devoted but rebellious daughter Zinwe and skeptical protégé Prisca warn Efe about unrest among the villagers. With the sudden arrival of a mysterious rebel deserter named Jasper, a conflict erupts, leading to a violent clash of ideologies and a crisis of faith for the people of Iyi.
On a full moon night, a ten-year-old girl from a farming family in a remote village is lured by Moosina into a cave in the mountains, where she uncovers the secret about why the mountain demon always plays dirty tricks on children.
A young transgender woman takes a hike through the English countryside in an attempt to resolve her spiritual crisis - but an ancient evil strives to ensure that she never completes her journey.
The country is occupied by the Japanese imperialists. Koppun is selling flowers at the market to get some money to buy medicine for her sick mother. Her brother is imprisoned, her father dead and her sister blind.
Ten-year-old Ti-Jean's feats dwarf those of even the strongest lumberjack as he fells timber, cuts, carries and piles heavy logs, and comes out the victor in every contest. This short French-Canadian folk tale portrays typical life and work in a winter logging camp.
Korean Ghost Story was a popular TV series telling tales of the eerie and the uncanny. This episode took its inspiration from a legend that originated on Cheju island, whose inhabitants claim that fishermen who vanished around Socora Rock were now in Ieodo, an empire ruled by women who didn’t allow any man to leave. The legend, it seems, was popular in the 1970s.
A young lad delves into the local folk tale of a murderous monk for an upcoming exhibition. While out taking stills for the project, he disappears leaving it up to his brother to find out exactly what happened at Lidwell Chapel.
The story follows the life of Katyusha and is based upon the legend of Baba Yaga, a ferocious old lady with magical powers.
Night after night, Bodřík dutifully protects his master's humble farm and livestock from prowling wolves. But when his master decides it’s time to get a younger dog to guard the farm, Bodřík is sent to stay in the junkyard. The first night without Bodřík's watchful eye, one wolf sees his opportunity to strike.
Drought has struck. Father pushes his wife away from the family dinner of termites. In anger, when mother challenges him, he digs a pit with a brutal purpose, but little does he suspect that Mother can retaliate just as powerfully. Based on an old Shona folk tale and rendered as a musical celebrating a diversity of contemporaray Zimbabwean music, Mother's Day is the newest and most exciting motion picture development to come out of Zimbabwe.
We're all searching for something! Explorer Reed Randle goes deep into the woods on an adventure looking for the "Bigfoot" creature. Lost within himself, can he find meaning again?
The Tsar is having his daughter Zabava marry a charmingly handsome and a handsomely charming Paul, a rich heir and a foreign fancy pants. However, it's a bit of a challenge, since Zabava wants a marriage of love, not of calculation. Her unexpected encounter with sailor Ivan, a simpleton yet an honest and endearing guy, messes up Paul's plans of snatching the crown. Deeply in love with the princess, Ivan enlists help from the residents of an enchanted forest to build a Flying Ship which would then take him and his beloved away. The brave sailor is in for serious confrontation with the sneaky Paul, who's using dark magic to bring his unwanted opponent down. However, true love is going to win this battle: with the evil mastermind punished, Ivan and Zabava step aboard the magic Flying Ship and set sail towards a new common dream of theirs.
A freed slave, who is descended from a murdered witch, plots revenge with her grandmother on a sugar plantation's inhabitants. Complications ensue due to her love for the master of the estate.
Chang-su recalls the girl whom he loved before he entered the military. At that time she had been working as a housemaid. They meet again years later at a police station and the girl, Yeong-ja reveals that she quit her job after being raped by the son of her employer. Her life got steadily worse until finally she lost an arm in a car accident and had to work as a prostitute to pay for an artificial limb.
The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Pop Angel to buy a soy bean farm. They do accept an offer of ten dollars to sing at a dubious night club on the edge of town where a band led by Happy Marshall is playing.
Eava Eliana (Nora Danish) is a director in one of the company that her father Tan Sri Zaini (Zaibo) owns. As a single child, she is pampered since childhood. Upon returning from studying abroad, she starts to work in her father’s company. Tan Sri Zaini’s close friend Datuk Hamzah plans to marry Eava with his playboy son Remy (Zed Zaidi) in order to control Tan Sri Zaini’s wealth. Things turn awry as Eava catches Remy kissing another woman, which forces Eava to leave town abruptly. Upon reaching her hotel, she meets Omar Rudy (Farid Kamil), a hotel staff who accommodates her complaints, even being her tour guide at a small town. Things take a turn for the worse when a typhoon hit the sea, forcing Omar and Eava to camp in a secluded island in the middle of the ocean.