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A nameless person tells a story of when they had an intimate conversation over dinner with a former schoolmate whom they idealized.
A man passes by a stranger he considers to be the 100% perfect girl for him and when he fails to strike up a conversation he imagines an alternate reality where they had met before.
A co-worker gives a new staff member an introductory tour of the office, while providing small gossip about other employees along the way.
When a young woman can't seem to shake a strange man at a conference, she decides to get to know him a little better despite her first instincts.
Following a messy breakup, an MIT graduate and a PhD student at Indiana University separately talk about the problems in their former relationship in two spliced-together conversations, exploring conflicts surrounding language, intimacy, commitment, and intellectualism.
A man meets two women on a train and is occupied by the talkative one, but enamored by the quiet one.
Two extraterrestrial beings land on Earth in search of information and struggle to adapt.
One woman’s affair leads to a lifelong revelation.
A man who unknowingly talks to himself wonders why a woman who is satisfied with her marriage is having an affair with him.
On a cold night in Indianapolis, a chance meeting brings two lonely divorcees together. For the night, they pretend to be a happy couple, hoping to work through the problems of their past relationships, grasping for some kind of genuine human connection.
