During the heat wave, swimmers flock to a municipal pool. Rain or shine, as the days pass the place takes on a life of its own, and the lifeguards, while immature at times, shoulder considerable responsibilities.

Alexandre, an instructor at the Canadian customs college, returns home to his small town after his employer places him on compulsory leave. As he forms a new friendship with a female Icelandic drag racer, he finds himself under surveillance by police investigators trying to get to the bottom of the sexually explicit drawings that have been troubling the town.

In the tormented darkness of a stormy night, a child, unable to sleep, gets lost in the immensity of a house. Lightning transforms the dwelling, and an unexpected encounter will seal her nocturnal wandering.

In a distant and surreal place, a secret society of ladies called "The Bingo Sisters" periodically elect their leader by playing bingo. Mrs. Geneva plans to hold on to power by exploiting the photographic memory of an autistic orphan in order to cheat, however things will not go as planned on that fateful evening as other forces intervene.

In the intimacy of a confessional, a priest is unusually coerced into confessing to a mysterious woman, their true nature will be revealed as the situation spirals out of control.