A seemingly happy Swedish housewife and mother begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist who is working near her home.

Rakel, Marta, Karin and Annette are married to four brothers. While waiting in a summer cottage for their husbands to come home, they tell each other stories about their marriages….

The rich Haller family have lost nearly all their money after investing in the stock market. They need more money, but from where? They have a young house-maid, Sara, who…