马蒂亚斯（凯文·克莱恩 Kevin Kline 饰）继承了父亲的房子，他来到巴黎，想要将房子卖掉，以弥补经济上的捉襟见肘。然而，当他来到自己的房子里是，面对的却是两个陌生的女人——马蒂尔德（玛吉·史密斯 Maggie Smith 饰）和她的女儿克洛伊（克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 饰）。 原来，两人是父亲生前的房客，按照法律规定，如果马蒂亚斯坚持将房产变卖，那么他就必须按月向马蒂尔德支付房租。马蒂亚斯和马蒂尔德达成了暂住协议，却依旧没有打消卖房子的念头，克洛伊对看似狡猾的马蒂亚斯充满了戒备，然而，随着时间的推移，两人发现了彼此之间的共同点，一种奇妙的感情油然而生。
Stephen Seary, a charismatic and successful stage designer, returns to his small hometown in Australia to say goodbye to his dying mother. What was to be a quick trip descends into chaos, drama, and at times downright funny moments as Stephen navigates family responsibilities, a difficult relationship with his father, old friends and past lovers, all while trying to return to Europe for a major opera contract.
Stella Ballister (Patricia Owens) receives the horrifying news that her husband met with an untimely demise while mountain climbing. Newly married, Stella asks for the retrieval of her husband's body - but the task proves impossible when the corpse accidentally falls into a deep crevasse, where no human eyes or hands can reach him. Mark (James Donald), having feelings for Stella, stays by her side, a close friend and nothing more. Forty years later, still trying to get over the news of the accident, Stella learns that the glacier has moved. Hiring a crew to help prospect her husband out of the ice, they find the body preserved and untouched. Stella views the body of her husband one last time.
Barbie Hallem is a bored rich girl, who drinks too much, parties too much and flirts outrageously with any man she meets. And there's no reason to think she stops at flirting, even though she has a boyfriend. But her boyfriend is a drip. He won't punch out a guy when he sees her kissing him. The dullard even tries to take her home when she gets drunk at a party. What she wants to do is go up to the mountains and stay at the cabin her uncle left to her. The boyfriend tries to tag along, but she manages to abandon him at the side of the road. Before the night is over, she'll wish desperately she had just gone home.
