- Remco Albrecht, general director of "Albrecht Construct" and freelance womanizer, reluctantly celebrates his 65th birthday at the insistence of his wife Ineke. At his party, his rebellious daughter Lieke and her friend Merel appear completely drug induced. Merel is also the reason that Remco's son Tobias emba…
- Carolina Mirabeau was raised 'free-spirited' with two sisters by eccentric, domineering grandma Millicent in the country. Carolina's city neighbor, talented and witty Jewish author Albert Morris, is her best friend, confident and the wacky family's favorite guest. Yet she begins dating Heath Pierson, an 'all too perfec…
- Marg Duffield (Lee Remick) is the Maine wife of Al (Joseph Sommer) whose daughter Peg (Marlee Matlin) is deaf. Peg's husband is killed in a car accident on the way to visit the Maine house, and the Duffield's take in Peg's six year old daughter, Lisa, while Peg recovers. Since Lisa is a speaking child, Marg thinks of h…