Short Cuts

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.

• suicide
• helicopter
• cheating
• loss of loved one
• fishing
• jazz singer or musician
• modern society
• cellist
• earthquake
• los angeles, california
• hit by a car
• multiple storylines