Elina, a young Russian journalist, travels to an Alpine ski resort to write an article about a wellness retreat. But during her stay, news from her home country comes to haunt her as she must face her own malaise.
On a wasteland, in the bustle of the end of a circus tour, two children play while a world crumbles around them. In this unstable world, Estrella discovers solitude. For her, as for the others, life is elsewhere.
Chao Ping, a Chinese student in Paris, has broken her computer containing all her data. While she hopes to recover them, her parents are hoping for her return to them in China.