The Divorce

Luminary art-critic Jed and his wife Iris are divorcing. They are throwing a big bash at their country estate to celebrate their "conscious uncoupling" - a civilized, joyful announcement to their friends that they are starting afresh. Iris is openly involved with toy-boy accountant William. Jed quietly hankers for Iris's sister, Louise.

The gangsters arrive to make their claim on Caroline. When they see the grandeur of Jed and Iris's home, they up their demands. The penniless Caroline must simultaneously oversee a magnificent soiree and avoid a violent end. William takes an unexpected shining to Caroline. She is touched by his offer to devise a payment plan but has no faith it will satisfy the loan sharks.

The divorce papers are on their way to the party via courier as Jed makes a speech to the guests and asks them to celebrate the end of a marriage rather than grieve for it. As Louise shares her dreams for domestic bliss and babies with Jed, he realizes his mistake. If only Louise could fall in love with someone else and take the heat off him.

After a steamy rendezvous in the hothouse, Jed's plan is triumphant - Toby has done the deal to woo Louise for Jed's public praise. Jed and Iris step away from the frivolity of their party and remember their joyous times. Their reminiscence anxiously tugs at Jed's resolve to divorce. Does he really want to forsake Iris, the history, the shared humor, the raw attraction?