In 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadventures.

Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with kind-hearted bootlegger Donlevy who helps them get their boy friends back.

Two young neighbors embark on a first love relationship in which they struggle to remain kids amid the complexities of modern adolescence.

Children of broken homes get in over their heads when they set up a dating service for their single parents.

Farm girl Dorothy, clashes with her traditional father over her ambition to become a writer and eventually leaves to pursue her dreams after meeting an artist.

A young man and his young elephant street beg in gritty Bangkok amid the controversial elephant business that threatens their survival, until the opportunity comes to release the elephant to the wild.

Sashko and Yulia have been friends since childhood. Sashko grew up in a communal apartment surrounded by post-war poverty. Yulia fell seriously ill during the war. Sashko goes to study in the big city, where he gains his first experiences of independent living in a student dormitory and on a construction site. Later, he meets Yulia again.

A group of young people in 1959 get ready to set out on their journey to adulthood.