Set in a bustling, multicultural Warsaw at the turn of the 20th century, Stories (Yiddish: מעשות (follows Noah, a young Jewish writer, as he spends his day trying to craft a story to tell to a woman he is definitely not in love with (or, so he tells himself).

As he builds his story-world, we start to see his various influences — European fairytales, stories from the Hebrew Bible, Shakespeare characters, rabbinic folklore, and events from Jewish history — materialize and intertwine with one another, along with some parts of his own life which he’d perhaps rather forget. Stories is ultimately concerned with the narratives which shape how we understand our histories, ourselves, and our relationships, and suggests that while we may not be able to change the events which brought us here, we have plenty of ability to determine what happens next.