Uma mulher desaparece no meio de uma viagem de barco no Mediterrâneo. Durante a busca pela mulher, seu namorado e sua melhor amiga ficam atraídos um pelo outro.

Um grupo de ricos italianos saem numa viagem de iate para uma ilha vulcânica deserta no Mediterrâneo. Quando eles estão prestes a deixar a ilha eles se dão conta de que Anna, o personagem principal até este ponto, desapareceu. Sandro, o namorado de Anna, e Claudia, a amiga de Anna, tentam sem sucesso encontrá-la. Enquanto procuravam a amiga desaparecido, Claudia e Sandro desenvolvem uma atração entre eles. Quando voltam à terra continuam a busca sem sucesso. Sandro e Claudia se tornam amantes, e quase esquecem a Anna desaparecida.

David gives his wife, Joyce, an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise when he suddenly demands a divorce. When she then learns that David has taken up with a younger woman, Joyce decides to make the most of this separation by taking a solo trip to the Caribbean. However, just before diving into a vacation fling, she runs into Emily, an old chum whose own divorce has left her embittered. Joyce then debates giving married life one last chance.

A group of surfers arrives in a remote spot off the Australian coast, and the isolation and pressure push one person over the edge, leading to a violent outburst and a fight for survival.

A boat trip in the Helsinki archipelago: images of water, light and people on the cruise. The same people are met in the city in different situations: at work, with their family, in conversations with a circle of friends, meditating and figuring out their duties. Work and aspirations are important and encouraging to them. They all seem to have something personal to say about their time, their views and their imaginations.