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 spends a hot summer night regaling each other with the dreams that have stirred them awake, leaving them to consider their relationship and whether they want to remain together.

A nanny is dismissed from her post after her employer discovers incriminating correspondences from an ex-lover in Saudi Arabia.

A twice widowed and retired sexton tries to convince his daughter to turn away from her life of prostitution.

A middle-aged man and his younger brother, an Elvis impersonator, find themselves at the other end of a cultural shift taking over their world at a dizzying rate.

Two middle aged and unmarried women living in New York City together, after a vicious and petty fight, discover the importance of their friendship.

A writer wakes up every day hoping each day would be the day he finally manages to write, though each day he finds new reasons to delay his writing.

A real estate agent obsesses over a bowl gifted by her secret lover. Over time, she becomes more infatuated with the bowl and less infatuated with her lover, yet she still must decide if she should end her marriage to be with him.

An old linguistics researcher is ousted from his university position on the frontier of a small island he acculturated. Upon his return home, he begins to believe that he and his life's work are marginal.

A group of boys skip school to pay their respects to their dead teacher at a mitzvah in Coney Island as they try to figure out the truth about souls after death.