Five shorts spanning a century on lives impacted by the Panama Canal. Men, women and children who are influenced by the existence of the "Canal", the event that changed the history of not only a country but the world.

Lakisha May
Clarice Thompson (segment "1913") / Clarice Jones (segment "2013")
Andre Morris
Phillip (segment "1913")
Charlie Goldstein
Jake Wright (segment "1950") (as Carlos Eduardo Goldstein Alemán)
Kathleen Wise
Patsy Wright (segment "1950")
Hannah Schöbitz
Lucy (segment "1964")
Luis Manuel Barrios
Silverio (segment "1977")
José Angel Murillo
Leonidas (segment "1977")
Meredith Carley
Aunt Perla (segment "2013")
Henry Twohy
Jeremiah (segment "1913")
Earl Patrick Watson
Pastor Thompson (segment "1913")

Mayra Hurley
Rose (segment "1913")
Isabel Burgos
María (segment "1950")

Für immer Freibad
Für immer Freibad

Or (My Treasure)
Or (My Treasure)

Away from Her
Away from Her

Swept from the Sea
Swept from the Sea

September 11
September 11

Gentlemen Prefer Nature Girls
Gentlemen Prefer Nature Girls

Passion Fever
Passion Fever

The Last Mistress
The Last Mistress

Anatomy of Hell
Anatomy of Hell

The Mourning Forest
The Mourning Forest

Persepolis
Persepolis

Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette