A number of complicated relationships develop between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.
Called to court on obscenity charges, a theatre troupe are forced to expose their neuroses and inner psychological torments.
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.
A young woman dies by suicide and leaves all her belongings to her next-door neighbour, who becomes determined to investigate her reasons for taking her life.