A young married woman meets an intense older woman on a cruise ship who regales her with the tale of an old affair and the lessons she learned from it.

A lovestruck journalist and a torn painter pull the threads of their affair in opposite directions: he desires something more permanent, while she feels indebted to her husband and sons.

A woman falls in love with a fisherman she hates, but he hates and loves her as well. Endeavoring into a marriage that baffles all, the couple tries to make their toxic love work.

In the early days of World War III, an American millionaire's daughter and a British aristocrat celebrate their wedding at a ritzy hotel. They hold lavish spectacles and debate about the nature of reality, while they anxiously consider the impending war.

A couple becomes obsessed with a boat they can see in the distance. The only issue is that nobody knows about the boat, and a thick fog prevents them from fully seeing the ship.

After her possessions begin to disappear from her apartment, a woman suspects that her adoring new husband is not who she thought he was.

Frustrated with the state of his own marriage, a sailor finds himself in a state of unbearable anger when the ship's engineer divulges his fiancée's private correspondence, leading to a confrontation between the two men.

A man tries to determine the cost of a passionate but brief love affair, and his calculations lead him to a solemn but hopeful realization.

A couple with a rocky marriage argues over fetching a newspaper, which becomes a catalyst for their impending divorce. When they unexpectedly reunite over a decade later, the former couple witnesses how their lives disparately transformed thanks to the fateful newspaper.

When a paddle-boating excursion goes wrong, a family makes one final sweet memory to cling onto during the years of separation and sadness that follow.