I felt the whole movie was like that. the embedded stories that people tell to each other. Characters tell all these deep personal stories to each other, full of metaphors and symbols, even if they just met each other. For example, neighbor Ann tells the story about the twins who died, just minutes after meeting main character Ann. Plus, it sounds to me like all the stories/anecdotes are written by the same person obviously, someone had to write the script, but they should have tried to adapt them to the tone/style of each character. Maybe if the film was set in a place where this is more of a natural thing, it would have worked; for example, in California, where everyone tells their life stories to strangers. But still, I must insist, all these anecdotes used the same tone and felt forced. Too many, too similar.