About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna during the period of her marriage to David Sprengel. In the hallucinatory opening sequence she is brought in a straitjacket by her husband and two psychiatric nurses through the Venice Carnival nocturnal antics to a mental hospital in the city. With her is a manuscript of her autobiography, which she calls "her child". The book is Agnes showdown with her family, and in flashbacks presented, Agnes progress from the author of innocent girls' books to serious and self-consuming novelist.
Marilyn Jordan, é uma americana que vive em Estocolmo com seu marido sueco e família. Reprimida e insatisfeita com seu casamento, seu comportamento por vezes chega a ser bizarro, talvez até mesmo louco. Devido a uma confusão no aeroporto, se desencontra de seu marido e acaba perdendo seu vôo. Em meio a tudo isso, acaba se envolvendo com um grupo de imigrantes iuguslavos que celebram o Ano Novo. Montenegro, o carismático e jovem zelador do zoológico, se torna amante de Marilyn. Porém, para ela nada dura para sempre e acaba retornando para seu marido. Mas, após saborear o prazer da liberdade, será que ela vai ficar para sempre?
Britt Malm gets hit by a car on a Stockholm street and is taken to hospital. She is badly injured and must undergo surgery. While the anesthetic takes effect she sees hallucinatory images. This turns into a flashback of what happened Britt before the accident.
"Two Women" - Cecilia is in hospital after being subjected to an attempt on her life. Her husband is called to the hospital. Cecilia deliriously mentions a mutual friend. The husband seeks out the friend.
Hilda Granström has a ladies tailoring shop. Her husband Richard is a cellist in the Opera Orchestra. Their three daughters are helping out in Hilda's shop. Richard's 80-year-old mother, who once was a dancer, also lives with the family.
