While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
Over the course of several years beginning in the 1950s, a man and his oddball family run hotels in New England and Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.
A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
