Donal Donnelly

Colin is a nervous schoolteacher working in London, observing rather than participating in the sexual revolution of the 1960s. His lothario friend tries to teach him `the knack', a way of seducing women.

In 19th-century Ireland, a woman enters into a dangerous affair with the devilish manager of her large estate.

Director John Huston’s last film weaves the story of a special occasion hosted by two sisters and how one sister’s grief for a lost lover is revealed.