四个男女之间的反复关系,在爱情里追逐和厌倦。丹(裘德·洛 Jude Law 饰)是作家,他爱上了舞女爱丽丝(娜塔丽·波特曼 Natalie Portman 饰)。丹对爱丽丝炽热燃烧的爱情给了他灵感和激情,但厌倦也随之而来,他内心在寻找另一个人的爱,终于他遇上了摄影师安娜 (朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰)。 安娜和另一个年轻人拉里(克里夫·欧文 Clive Owen饰),在爱的游戏里相互试探和接近。但是丹的进攻也让她动了情。讽刺的是,安娜的情人拉里,也和爱丽丝有了瓜葛。 于是,躺在他们身边的人,未必是他们心里想念的那人。
A young man Ivan travels in a carriage, and stops to rest in a remote castle somewhere in the lowlands. The castle is considered by locals to be haunted. The coachman doesn't want to carry on, so Ivan continues his journey by foot. A young kid who passes by tells Ivan about the castle, but the next minute the carriage kills him. Sibylle, a beautiful but strange woman comes out of the carriage and helps Ivan to carry the dead kid into the castle, which turns out to be her home. After her husband's death, Sybille lives there only with her coachman Bartholomew. Upon his arrival, Ivan starts to hear strange music coming from unknown place. Ivan and Sibylle fall in love with each other, but the mystery of music is yet to be find out.
A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned symphony conductor. As it turns out he was once in love with violinist's mother. The conductor, a slightly unstable hypochondriac, returns to Poland to lead the provincial orchestra. He also tries to revive old love affair using the violinist as a surrogate of her mother. Her husband is resentful of the conductor for both personal and professional reasons.
The movie is based on the suspense short film nominated for the Golden Méliès to the Best European Fantastic Short Film, winner of more than 30 awards and screened by more than 200 film festivals. It was defined by the critics as "a cult short film".
Vera and Bruno used to be a couple, but haven't seen one another since they separated. He coincidentally appears before her during a long-awaited country house weekend with friends on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.