Set Dresser
Dos jóvenes norteamericanas, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) y Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) van a Barcelona a pasar unas vacaciones de verano. Vicky es sensible, racional y tiene intención de casarse; Cristina es emocional y busca aventuras emocionantes; no sabe lo que quiere, sólo sabe lo que no quiere. En Barcelona, ambas se ven envueltas en una relación poco convencional con Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem), un carismático pintor vinculado emocionalmente a su tempestuosa ex-mujer, María Elena (Penélope Cruz).
Still Photographer
Mario, a young and uprooted Menorcan fisherman, falls in love with Irene, a Barcelona socialite who spends her holidays on the island with her young daughter. After the ambiguous initial relationship, victim of the rumors and slander, she decides to leave him. Mario, unable to resign himself, follows her to Barcelona, where he finds her imprisoned in a marriage lacking in love, in which her husband, a rich and powerful industrialist related to shady business, holds her under the threat of separating her from her daughter.