Set in a seaside town, the film consists of three parts that tell the story of three different women, all named Anne and all played by French actress Isabelle Huppert. Issues of infidelity are present in each story, as is a dim but muscular lifeguard whom Anne meets while strolling on the beach and looking (in all three episodes) for a mini-lighthouse. As each “Anne” interacts with the locals, who works at Anne’s lodging and helps show her around, certain faces, situations and lines of dialogue recur, their effect and implications changing depending on context and delivery.
