שהם שיינר

America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, six New Yorkers with interconnect lives grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.

Leave your troubles out the doors! Life is hard? Forget them! There are no troubles here! Life is beautiful! 1930's Berlin, the days are dark but the nights are bright. A touching romantic connection is formed between Cliff, a young American author coming to the city looking for inspiration for his book, and Sally, a singer in the "Kit Kat Club", while the Nazis rise to power

In the second part, Perestroika, Prior, Joe, Louis, Harper, and Roy continue to navigate love, loss, and loneliness in their attempts to pick up the pieces and find comfort in a chaotic world. Their stories quickly intertwine, as unlikely relationships emerge and develop.

Three gods descend from the heavens in search of something truly rare: one good person. In the city of Szechwan, they find Shen Teh, a poor prostitute with a heart of gold, who agrees to take them into her humble home. As a token of gratitude, they gift her a sum of money that enables her to start a new life. But when goodness meets harsh reality, it becomes clear that a generous heart may come at a high cost. To survive, Shen Teh invents an alter ego: a tough cousin named Shui Ta, who can do all those things she herself wouldn't dare do. As she falls in love with a melancholic pilot, the internal rift between her two selves further deepens. Can one remain good in this world? And if so—at what price?