四个女人分别嫁给了四兄弟。一个夏天在等待丈夫回家休假的过程中，四人分别述说了各自的婚姻状况。一个因自己红杏出墙引致与丈夫争吵，一个在巴黎与一个艺术家相恋并有了孩子但却拒绝结婚，一个讲述了夫妻俩被困电梯的故事，最后一个则要与情人男友私奔。　　伯格曼用室内剧的形式将女人们内心的秘密一一暴露出来，然而影片也强调这并不能减轻她们的压力和痛苦。这样的分享带来的只是苦难的交流和更难言的秘密。

Simon arrives in Lund full of anticipation and ready for his life to really begin; but is quickly disappointed by law school. During a violent protest march he meets the anarchistic young woman Max and falls in love. She dazzles him with a world of excess, lies and huge risks and when he realizes the damage that's done, it's already too late to escape