A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.

Француска, у другој половини 18. века. У годинама пре Француске револуције аристократија живи лагодним животом чији су саставни део љубавне сплетке и интриге.Цинична маркиза од Мертеуила замоли бившег љубавника и бескрупулозног заводника Валмонта да заведе младу и невину Сесил де Воланж, и тако спречи њену удају за човека који је маркизу недавно оставио. Вешти Валмонт са лакоћом испуњава задатак, надајући се повратку у маркизин кревет. Али за око му запада пуно тежи плен: крепосна мадам де Турвел, удата госпођа која би могла у аморалном заводнику чак пробудити и покоју емоцију..

Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom.

An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.

Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography. Although initially she is reluctant, as Vida is known for constantly distorting the facts of her life, Margaret soon becomes fascinated with the story of a dark childhood, a disturbing tale that leads her to finally confront the traumas of her own past.

While recuperating in a sanatorium in the mountains, a young boy becomes very close friends with an older baron. But the baron is only using the boy to get to know his mother, the wife of an older diplomat. When the boy realises the baron’s intentions, he becomes jealous, moody and depressed.