Victor Violacci

While Bertil Lindström works at the Swedish embassy in Paris, his wife Gabrielle spends the summer alone in Sweden. After a phone call to her, he starts to think of all the things she can possibly be doing separated from him.

Fabian Bom, auctionist in a small town, one day finds a baby boy in a small crib that is for sale at an auction. He places the boy at an orphanage but returns the next day since he realizes that he misses the boy. Since a single man is not permitted to adopt a baby he arranges a marriage with a young woman, who really is the baby's mother.

Dans une villa d'été, quatre femmes attendent l'arrivée de leurs maris par le bateau de Stockholm. Autour d'une tasse de café, elles évoquent leurs expériences conjugales. La plus jeune d'entre elles, qui attend son fiancé, les écoute parler de leurs échecs, de leur amertume et de leurs désillusions.