Three Irwin Shaw short stories are dramatized. In "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" a young married couple stop for a drink on a Sunday morning in Manhattan, and the conversation turns to the husband's fidelity. "The Monument" centers on the conflict between a popular bartender with a following in an upscale Irish bar in 1938 Manhattan and its owner, who is determined to introduce a more economical whiskey in the establishment over the barkeep's objections. In "The Man Who Married a French Wife" the influential American husband of a French woman is asked by her former lover, a former resistance fighter, to help him escape the country.

The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the ...

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince hi...

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of...

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the wa...

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in th...

Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may ...

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Co...

Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Ric...

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical prof...

In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouse...

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is throw...

Heli Valkonen is desperately in love with her husband. But Matti is just not in the mood. He is only...

Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absen...

Focuses on three very different siblings, all searching for happiness. Hans-Jörg is a sex addicted l...

Louise, who has just written a novel, comes to Paris to meet with a potential publisher. While in th...

A husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality o...

In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed b...

Set in modern upper-crust Manhattan, an exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes ...

A female traveling companion seduces a married man and his alcoholic wife.

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit...