안정적인 결혼생활을 누리는 메리(멕 라이언), 패션잡지 편집장으로 성공한 싱글 실비(아네트 베닝), 아들을 목표로 365일 임신중인 에디(데브라 메싱), 여자를 더 사랑하는 작가 알렉스(제이다 핀켓 스미스)는 오랜 시간을 함께한 베스트 프렌드. 그러나 완벽할 것 같던 그녀들에게 중대한 사건이 생긴다! 뷰티 살롱에 들른 실비가 메리의 남편이 백화점 향수코너의 섹시걸 크리스탈(에바 멘데스)과 바람이 났다는 소문을 듣게 된 것. 설상가상 이 소문이 메리만 모르게 곳곳에 퍼지고 있다는 것이다. 메리에게 이 사실을 알려야 할지 친구들이 고민에 빠질 겨를도 없이 메리도 우연히 자신의 소문을 듣게 되고, 심지어 그녀의 사생활은 뉴욕 포스트지에 스캔들 기사로 실리는데…. 과연 이 사실을 발설한 여자는 누구? 우정과 질투, 위로와 폭로 사이를 아슬아슬 오가는, 남자들은 죽었다 깨도 모를 ‘소문에 죽고 사는 여자들의 이야기’가 지금 펼쳐진다!
Kathryn, a struggling actress and unfulfilled housewife, becomes friendly with her new gardener, Ben. He gives her the attention and sensitivity she craves; however, he is not who he seems.
In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed Jojo from murder is the threat of the guillotine...
Sojourning in Macau, Su Erning by chance helps Pan Meiniang resuscitate his younger brother and fends off the thug. In her admiration, Pan calls off the engagement arranged by her mother to exchange vows with Su despite having known him for only three days. To raise the money for the wedding, Su plans to sell his family yacht to the rich wife of his classmate Lu Zuhua in Hong Kong and promises to buy Pan a pearl necklace. The promiscuous Mrs Lu seduces Su on the yacht and then dumps him. 18 years later, Pan's daughter is getting married. Su prepares a wedding gift—a stolen pearl necklace—for the bride but is too ashamed to show himself.
Magdy, a successful engineer, is shocked by a fateful moment that he cannot forget, which is when one of the workers falls from a great height in front of him. Magdy decides to go to Alexandria, trying to forget that, and there he meets a couple, the husband, Safwat who loves his wife and meets all her needs, and the wife Souad, who receives this attention coldly since she discovers his greed for her wealth.