Christopher, a middle-aged man who is obsessed with repairing old radios, marries the Russian bride Natasha. She comes to live with him and his mother Dora in his London house. Dora instigated the marriage in order to have someone look after her son when she dies. Natasha is bored as Christopher takes no sexual interest in her, and she is treated as a servant. Eddie, an out-of-work actor, stirs up the household when he befriends Christopher and Dora, in order to seduce Natasha.

A passionate chef resorts to extreme measures to get an obsessive dieter to eat good food.

Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, Bruno, um garoto de oito anos, e sua família saem de Berlim para residir próximo a um campo de concentração, onde seu pai acaba de se tornar comandante. Infeliz e solitário, ele vagueia fora de sua casa e certo dia encontra Shmuel, um menino judeu de sua idade. Embora a cerca de arame farpado do campo os separem, os meninos começam uma amizade proibida.