Four tales, each centered on a woman, journey inward to explore the enigmatic reality of their lives, connecting through a single narrative thread.

In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth agrees to bear a child of anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father's debt. At birth she, as agreed, gives up the child. Seven years later she is hired as governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate. The father of the girl, Charles Godwin, turns out to be that anonymous landowner. So Elisabeth has to be her own daughter's governess, and she can't reveal the secret of her tie with little Louisa.

安东尼•齐默是洗黑钱高手，但他手法高超，警方想方设法也无法将其抓获。而另外一个似乎毫不相关的浪漫故事在法国南部上演。弗朗索瓦(伊万•阿达勒Yvan Attal 饰)刚刚与女友分手，坐在开往蓝色海岸的火车上，旅游散心。怎料一段艳遇完美上演——风情万种的吉雅拉（苏菲•玛索 Sophie Marceau 饰）上前搭讪，邀他共度周末。 短暂的浪漫过后，吉雅拉无故失踪。弗朗索瓦千里寻芳踪，在辗转反复的寻找过程中，他发现了吉雅拉不可告人的秘密。可是，更大的秘密，恐怕是安东尼和弗朗索瓦自己的故事……

1993 film by Alexandre Jardin