In 1940s New York, a young writer becomes captivated by his enigmatic neighbor, Holly Golightly, a free-spirited woman who seeks a place she can call home while trying to run away from her past life.

A young heiress in the 1950s takes up a decades-long affair with a married architect, which seems like a safe venture until a mutual friend begins blackmailing them.

When a middle-aged man reconnects with his uncle, he recalls their time spent on his grandmother's estate during his childhood in the 1920s.

A happily married woman is ambushed at a dinner party by the appearance of who she believes is a man with the power to ruin her marriage with information of her past.

A solitary young hotel clerk finds himself enticed by a mysterious, sophisticated writer. Both desire intimacy, but find their romance obstructed by unspeakable kinds of loneliness.

An older man remembers his cousin, who was quite like him despite their 20 year age difference. The cousin has died, but the man nevertheless recalls their conversations together and now feels obligated to financially support his cousin's family years down the line.

A commonplace English village begins to observe the offbeat behavior of Magpies which becomes increasingly more disquieting.

A man travels home with his wife and daughter to visits his mother. When he develops an unwanted, unintentional attraction towards his mother's maid, he slips into intense reflection on the nature of gender and life itself.

A seven-year-old plantation heir overhears his mother and her friend discuss the allure of black women. He then discovers a dark secret about his family tree, which leads him to a breaking point.

Nick and his wife live in a cozy New York City apartment until one morning when she goes out to get bagels and never returns. In search of stability, he winds up at the house of an old friend who he quickly realizes feels more at home with than with his wife.