David Rowlands

Widowed mother Mildred must suddenly redefine herself and find an outlet for her nurturing side when her adult daughter moves out of the family home. Though Mildred thinks she's found her purpose when her neighbor, overworked single mother Monica, asks her to look after her little boy, she has great difficulty learning to strike a healthy balance between giving selflessly to others and remembering to take care of herself.

A bordello catering to rich and wealthy clients, run by Lil Hutton experiences a series of crises as one girl ends up pregnant, and another dead. As a subplot, a young woman, Julie Taylor, makes a trip to LA to surprise a friend, but never finds her. Julie is mugged, and seeks help from Lil Hutton. She sees how much the prostitutes are making, and is tempted into the lifestyle. On her first "job" is hired by a rich father for his 18-year old virgin son as a birthday gift, and they fall in love. But the relationship comes to a quick end as soon as the son learns she is a "whore"; Julie breaks down and runs off after realizing prostitution is a cold and loveless occupation that cannot fulfill her emotional emptiness.

Filmmaker Michael Ventura follows Cassavetes around as the actor/director labors on his final film, Love Streams.

O filme descreve alguns dias na vida do escritor Robert Harmon e sua irmã Sarah. A vida decadente de Robert é feita de álcool, cigarros, e de curtos relacionamentos com mulheres; mulheres que ele entrevista para um livro. Ele se apaixona pela diversão de uma noite. Não tendo restrições, ele é incapaz de ser responsável por qualquer coisa, incluindo o seu filho, deixando-o sozinho em um quarto de hotel e ensinando ao menino de 12 anos como beber. Sua vida é feita de seus fantasmas com artista. Sua irmã está se divorciando de seu marido por causa de seu comportamento exuberante e insano. Ela assusta sua filha Debbie que prefere ficar com o pai, uma decisão que fere Sarah profundamente e reforça seu colapso nervoso. A maior parte do filme se passa na casa de Robert. Nós assistimos Robert e Sarah lutando com suas próprias vidas. À medida que o filme avança, a casa fica vazia pouco a pouco.

Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.

Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.

Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.

Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love. After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences. Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.

A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave together. But mindless enthusiasm for regained freedom will be short-lived.

Richard Frost (John Marley) resolveu deixar sua esposa, Maria (Lynn Carlin), para se encontrar com a jovem Jeannie Rapp (Gena Rowlands), que conheceu recentemente em um bar. Maria, por sua vez, decide ir a uma boate, onde se deixa seduzir por um garoto de programa.