A film about a long term relationship between a man and a woman. The man is Leo Tolstoy. The woman is his wife, Sophia. They were married for 36 years and had 13 children. Each kept a diary. Although they lived together, in the same house, they wrote letters to each other frequently.

Alert to the subtle changes of the landscape—like the fluttering of a flower bud—Frederick Wiseman’s fiction outing is as intimate as his documentaries. Channeling Sophia Tolstoy’s innermost feelings towards her famous novelist husband, A Couple draws up a passionate monologue of love and jealousy.