Albert es el sádico dueño de un restaurante. Su fuerte carácter y las tiránicas formas que aplica en el trabajo hacen que todos los empleados estén sometidos a un continuo régimen de esclavitud, incluida su esposa, Giorgina, a quien ridiculiza.
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Rafi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Rafi try to find meaning through their lives and loves.
A 19th Century photographer travels to the North of Scotland to document the fishing industry, where he falls in love with one of the Gaelic-speaking fish gutting girls.
