Lonely and struggling with getting older, Joyce eagerly anticipates a visit from her distracted granddaughter.
Helen
Sophie(Susan Sarandon)está convencida que está sendo perseguida.Apesar da crescente certeza de que a bela assistente de seu marido,Mara(Emily Blunt),quer roubar suas suas filhas,seu marido e sua vida,ninguém acredita nela.Forçada a provar sua sanidade,Sophie fica cada vez mais paranóica - será que ela está imaginando coisas?Completamente tomada por essa obsessão,Sophie passa de perseguida a perseguidora e faz uma descoberta ainda mais assustadora do que seus piores medos.
Mrs. Easterbrook
Seymour is a loner. A small, shy, introverted eleven year old whose parents are separated. By chance Seymour meets the beautiful, effervescent but drug-addicted Angie, who is also lonely and trapped in her own unhappy world. The relationship that develops offers strength to them both and through the highs and lows of a long hot summer they gradually learn to face the truth about each other and themselves.
Miss Havisham
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Mrs Stollier
A computer genius is confined to a penthouse after a car accident, with only a nurse to look after him. But the advanced computer systems designed to make his life easier appear to be taking control.
Mrs. Horwood
Alvin is your average guy, except for the fact women find him irresistible and chase him everywhere. He tries to avoid them and get psychiatric help but gets used by the psychiatrists as a gigolo to treat other patients instead.
Mother (segment "The Child")
Scripted by four of Australia’s greatest authors (David Williamson, Thomas Keneally, Hal Porter and Craig McGregor), this quartet of carnal desires explores adultery and jealous fantasies, the end of innocence, the moral and spiritual conflicts of a priest and a nun in love. The stories define the exploration of women and the cultural upheaval of the early 70s.
