The story describes a love triangle initiated by Lady Maria Barker (Marlene Dietrich), the comfortable but neglected wife of Sir Frederich Barker (Herbert Marshall), a top-level British diplomat in the pre-World War II era.
Independent Gilda is resigned fo a life of married tedium when Tom and George, having gotten past their jealousy, come to America and whisk Gilda away to live an exciting polyamorous life in Paris.
Architect Mark Wallace and his wife, Joanna, travel to France to meet with an affluent client. While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship, and of road trips through the French countryside. As flirtation and playful quarreling turn to boredom with the banality of married life, the Wallaces struggle to rekindle their passion, while mutual infidelity threatens to tear them apart.
Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman. She soon learns that May-December romances with older women are frowned upon in society.
Anne is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes to Paris with Jacques, a business associate of her husband. What should be a seven-hour drive turns into a carefree two-day adventure replete with diversions involving picturesque sights, fine food and wine, humor, wisdom and romance - reawakening Anne's senses and giving her a new lust for life.
Amerikalı bir çift olan Bob ve Anne, aşkın şehri Paris'te bir malikaneye taşınmışlardır. Çift, yüksek sosyeteden dostları için özel bir akşam yemeği düzenleyecektir. Son dakikada eklenen bir konuk nedeniyle davetli sayısının 13'e çıkması, uğursuzluk getirecek diye mükemmeliyetçi ev sahibesini rahatsız eder. O da çözümü hizmetçisi Maria'nın 14. kişi olarak yemeğe katılmasında bulur. Tabii eksantrik ve aristokrat bir zengin gibi davranarak rol yapması şartıyla! Maria, yemekte rol yaparken tesadüfen sanat uzmanı konuk David ile yakınlaşınca olaylar beklenmedik bir şekilde gelişir. Maria'nın gerçek kimliğini saklayarak romantik bir aşka yelken açması üzerine Anne, bu ilişkiyi bitirmek için elinden geleni yapacaktır.
Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.