Geoff Stier

A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.

Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.

The film centers on a big Polish family. Jadzia is the mother and the ruler of the Pzoniak family (she has five children). Though she's happily married to Bolek, she is also having a long-time affair with Roman. Her young daughter Hala is having an affair with neighbour cop Russell and becomes pregnant by him. Russell is pressed hard to marry Hala.

19世紀初頭。イングランド南東部のサセックス州にある私園“ノーランド・パーク”を構えるダッシュウッド家の主ヘンリーを失った彼の妻と３人の娘。法律の定めるところにより私園を含め財産は先妻の息子ジョンに相続されるのを心配したヘンリーは、死の床でジョンに妻と娘の世話を頼んでいたが、ジョンの妻の反対にあいその約束は反故にされてしまう。彼女たちは悲しみにひたる間もなく、早速新しい家を探し始める。