Film pojednává o Alici, ženě v domácnosti z 50. let, žijící se svým manželem v naoko dokonalém vztahu. Záhy se však Alice začne obávat, že jeho okouzlující společnost možná skrývá znepokojivá tajemství.
Dvaačtyřicetiletá Gaby má zdánlivě ideální život: manžela, který dobře vydělává, dvě dcery a krásný dům v Connecticutu. Ona sama se baví tím, že restauruje starý nábytek. Ve skutečnosti ale není v manželství spokojená. Chtěla by ještě jedno dítě, ale její manžel Elliot podstoupil před několika lety vasektomii a o dalším dítěti s ním není řeč. Kromě toho je hodně zaměstnaný a málo doma, a tak se stane, že se Gaby na párty u přítelkyně Claire seznámí s dvaatřicetiletým přitažlivým mladíkem Mattem, začne se s ním scházet a nakonec mu podlehne. Pak se ale zalekne, co to udělala, a styky s Mattem přeruší. Jenže zakrátko zjistí, že otěhotněla. Přítelkyně Claire – sama těhotná – jí radí, aby podstoupila interrupci, k tomu se ale Gaby neodhodlá. Sejde se ještě s Mattem. Je rád, že ji vidí, ale když mu zkusmo nadhodí, že by byl jistě báječný otec, mladík ji ujistí, že nic takového nemá v plánu. Gaby se rozhodne přiznat manželovi, ten to ale neunese, udělá scénu a opouští dům.
Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.
Frances Ferguson, the eponymous character at the center of Bob Byington’s new film, is discontent. Like a lot of us, she does a bit of “acting out” and pays the price —an arrest, a trial, incarceration. And then a new identity, one that’s not terribly comfortable. Nick Offerman narrates this deviant comedy, based on actual events.
Burdened by a family secret, Adam White lands a job as a newspaper advice columnist. Little does he realize that it's all part of a nasty desire by cynical editor William Shrike to crush the souls of his underlings. Adam feels his readers' pain, and eventually, he takes an assignment to meet with Faye Doyle, who is exasperated by her crippled husband. When Faye tries to seduce Adam, he must choose between his job and his girl.
Anne Desbarèdes is a young woman who is married to a wealthy businessman and lives a monotonous existence in the small commune town of Blaye. After indirectly witnessing a murder in a café, she returns to the scene of the crime the next day and meets Chauvin, who informs her in more detail about the events that took place. Mentally unbalanced, Anne begins to believe that Chauvin intends to kill her.
A high living society playboy marries a nightclub singer, and she soon realizes that, though they're genuinely in love, the husband's endless partying completely dominates and is destroying their marriage.
Thérèse is living in a provincial town, unhappily married to Bernard, a dull, pompous man whose only interest is preserving his family name and property. They live in an isolated country mansion surrounded by servants. Early in her marriage her only comforts are her fondness for Bernard's pine-tree forest, which was her primary reason for marrying him, and her love for her sister-in-law and Bernard's half-sister, Anne. The movie recounts in flashback the circumstances that led to her being charged with poisoning her husband.
Love story between a young man and a married woman. She's married to a businessman who's neglecting her. She would like to leave him but she's afraid of the age difference between her and her lover.