风流律师艾格曼与昔日情妇——女演员出身的黛西瑞不期而遇,这时的黛西瑞已经成为另一名有妇之夫——麦肯伯爵的情妇,而艾格曼的儿子也面临了同样的问题,他的感情天平在同龄的继母和女仆之间犹豫不决。结果,在黛西瑞母亲出面邀请的一次周末聚会里,这四对男女终于各有所属。这是导演英格玛 ·伯格曼早期短暂喜剧创作阶段中的纯熟之作,拍摄手法十分轻松,整个风格与其日后作品的沉重艰深大相径庭。本片曾获戛纳电影节特别奖,成为导演第一部国际上收获巨大成功的作品。It's late nineteenth century Sweden. Middle aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his nineteen year old current wife Anne Egerman's two-year marriage has not yet been consummated. Fredrik wants to give Anne as much time as she needs to feel comfortable before losing her virginity. Although she loved Fredrik when they got married, Anne realizes she is attracted to Fredrik's adult son, Henrik Egerman, a brooding seminary student who is home following his most recent exams. Also a virgin, Henrik has been in an awkward flirtation with the Egermans' sexually experienced maid, Petra, in an effort to lose his virginity. When she first sees actress Desirée Armfeldt, Anne, without Fredrik telling her, knows that Desirée and Fredrik used to be lovers, the two who still have feelings for each other. Desirée currently is having an affair with married Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm. While he is jealous of any man who Desirée shows any attention to such as Fredrik, he is not the same with his young wife, the Countess Charlotte Malcolm, who he freely allows to have affairs of her own, or so he says. The Countess and Anne also happen to be friends. Largely orchestrated by Desirée, these interrelationships may play themselves out on one summer overnight social gathering at Desirée's mother's house, but not without the potential of some unforeseen tragic consequences.