A story passes in a village and includes four main characters: a boy who is just at the age of the sexual activity, a mad man and two women.

The just out of college effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he’s not seen since he was little.

Lynn, a brilliant student, after helping her friends to get the grades they need, develops the idea of starting a much bigger exam-cheating business.

A young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes an unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.

An insurance man (Alan Bates) gets chummy in Spain with a couple (Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick) who have collected on a fake death.

After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled…