Calista Flockhart

Shakespeare's most popular play has been transposed to the golden sunlight and green terraces of northern Italy near the end of the nineteenth century.

Over the course of a few days, the lives of five California women become unexpectedly entangled, eroded, enriched and ultimately changed forever.

Karchy Jonas vows to win the High School Hall of Fame contest so he can impress his classmate Diney. Eventually he does win, and in the process befriends Billy, the DJ who hosted the contest, who introduces Karchy to lifes wild side.

The arrival of his son's future in-laws forces a gay nightclub owner and his lover to pose as husband and wife.