Tara and Robert treat themselves to a year abroad with their little daughter Nia. Out of the mill: sea, sun, togetherness. But the hoped-for time out does not fulfill their desire for less work or fewer conflicts. When Robert's brother Joni shows up, a true bon vivant - or loser, depending on how you look at it - and Nia has a serious accident, new dynamics enter the nuclear family. Greece becomes a baptism of fire for the family...
Fabian and his wife have been married for 11 years and have always remained faithful to each other. Until suddenly Julien appears. She is young and attractive - and Fabian can't resist her. What is at first supposed to be just an affair quickly spirals out of control - and Fabian soon suspects that the whole thing will not only destroy his marriage, but perhaps himself as well.
A completely normal modern marriage: Fabian and Daniela have now been living together for 11 years without spectacular incidents, without scandals, always faithful. Until now. Until Fabian hires his new employee: Julia. She is attractive, dynamic and does not let the bored husband out of her spell. Despite initial hesitation, he can no longer resist her and starts an affair with her.
A husband and wife take extreme measures to free themselves from an abusive marriage.
An impulsive young man kills his wife by accident. When he wants to get rid of her corpse, the image of his wife haunts him.
During a trip, middle aged couple realises how disappointing their marriage is.
Chelsea, a heavily pregnant woman, receives an unexpected visit from her Balinese father-in-law. Signs of supernatural forces and black magic soon follow, leading Chelsea to believe that something sinister has been brought into her home.
Rimi's offering is completed by her mother, Kalyani, who doesn't allow her imperfect father to come to her marriage ceremony.
Agnes and Gregor have had a happy marriage for 15 years. No crises, no affairs, no weariness. They looked for each other and found each other, say their friends Conny and Bernhard, who fight a lot and often. If a marriage is harmonious, it is this one. However, when Agnes became socially involved in addition to her job, the distribution of roles in the family, which had worked well for years, was thrown out of balance. The change in their relationship leads Agnes and Gregor into their first major crisis, which neither of them can deal with. They are shocked to find that they are about to lose love.
Ernesto goes through one of the hardest tests in his marriage. The situation has led him to live in a different way.
Sharda, a college student and the daughter of a wealthy educationist, marries Vijay, a college professor, against her father's wishes. Things take a turn when Vijay meets with an accident.
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.
Kelly makes a significant trade without consulting her husband
Back from rehab, a painter suspects her husband is stealing from her.
Samantha is a worn-out caregiver finally home from a long day. Jared is a workaholic bartender just heading out for a long shift. These ships passing in the night have a marriage on the rocks, and Clarence is in the middle.
A 3-actor chamber piece chronicling a relationship in disruption, told from 3 different perspectives. Kay and Dee are husband and wife, and cracks are beginning to show in their marriage. They both feel misunderstood and unappreciated. Soon, a major disruption happens that drives them to discuss divorce.