Leben über Kreuz

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him.

Three stories about persons forced to think about the ethics and moral issues raised by medical advances.

A brain-dead youth's family agrees to donate his heart to a girl who needs an immediate heart transplant. A disparate group of people decide to complete this task by racing against time.

Desperate for money, Lizette pursues the dark and thankless world of organ donation, hoping for a better life.

After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and escapes to wreak havoc on the real world, Stu has to find a way to stop him before his sister pulls the plug on reality forever!

When loser Marvin Mange is involved in a horrible car accident, he's brought back to life by a deranged scientist as half man and half animal. His newfound powers are awesome - but their adverse side effects could take over his life. Now, Marvin must fight to control his crazy primal urges around his new squeeze, Rianna, and his rival, Sgt. Sisk, who both think he's one cool cat.

Director Penny Lane’s decision to become a “good Samaritan” by giving one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a funny and moving personal quest to understand the nature of altruism. “Confessions of a Good Samaritan” is a provocative inquiry into the science, history, and ethics of organ transplantation, asking an ancient question in a whole new way: Who is your neighbor, and what do you owe them?

In the distant future, the gap between rich and poor has become immeasurable. Wealthy enclosures like Parkland, home of medical pioneer Dr. Roland Parker, are home to few. With medical technology, Parkland's rich are able to buy their immortality through organs from the poor. When Detective Quinn is assigned to capture an escaped donor from his slum, he unknowingly becomes a donor for Parker. As his days alive diminish, Quinn races to expose a conspiracy fueled by the murder of innocent people.

After a pawn shop robbery goes askew, two criminals take refuge at a remote farmhouse to try to let the heat die down, but find something much more menacing.

When two medical students find themselves dangerously indebted to a sadistic loan shark, they become embroiled in an illicit black-market organ transplant scam in order to save their lives. 'Muggers' is a twisted, hilarious, pitch-black comedy about friendship, poor choices and the drag of student debt.