خلاصه داستان : دو خواهر جدا شده به نام های استر و آنا و پسر 10 ساله آنا در آستانه جنگ به کشور اروپای مرکزی می روند. استر به شدت بیمار می شود و هر سه به هتلی در شهر کوچکی به نام تیموکا نقل مکان می کنند.

Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man, while the boy, left to himself, has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.

خلاصه داستان : یک پرستار مسئولیت یک بازیگر زن را بر عهده دارد و می یابد که شخصیت های آنها در کنار هم در حال ذوب شدن هستند.

A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. The time they spend together only strengthens the crushing realization that one does not exist.