In the face of constant heartache and trouble, two couples follow their passions and lost ambitions. Alfie leaves his wife of forty years, to be with a call girl. Meanwhile their daughter Sally develops a crush on her boss.

Set in London’s literary and art world, Allen’s film reasserts his conception of life as being a continual disappointment. With couples splitting or cheating left, right and centre, each remedy their heartaches in various eccentric ways. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts and Antonio Banderas!