Uma repentina tempestade de gelo prende grande parte das pessoas em casa. Dentro de casa, a família passa a encarar todas as suas contradições e seus problemas, formando um melancólico retrato de uma família burguesa nos anos 70.
História cômica sobre a relação entre uma professora universitária deselegante especializada em Literatura Romântica e seu colega professor que quer uma amizade platônica com uma mulher inteligente. No entanto, ela começa a ansiar por mais e eles logo descobrem que seu objetivo de uma união baseada em celibato será difícil de alcançar.
Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son Aaron, who also works at the company, grows frustrated with Isaac's emotional decline and attempts to take over the firm. The resulting crisis involves Isaac's other two children, his daughter Sarah and his dying son Martin.
A man who wants to move on with his life by moving to California and marry his girlfriend, finds it difficult as he still lives in the towering shadow of his aging father.
High-priced call girl Lee Churchill, is examining her life via therapy "sessions". Her double life is unknown to her parents, sister and "straight" man with whom she falls in love.
