Belladonna

Five women have gathered in an American college town to spend a convivial evening over cocktails and supper. The hostess, a visiting professor from China, greets four friends: an alcoholic Classicist in love with one of her students; an opera singer devoted to her admiring audience; a young divinity student soon to take holy vows, and a doctor of alternative medicine who runs a fertility-abortion clinic. A heated discourse ensues as, in five central scenes, each of these women lives out fears, desires, fantasies, or experiences associated with her views of love, with each scene set in a distinct fantasy landscape. The final scene returns to the dinner table where the women have been transformed not only by a few too many glasses of wine, but also by their experiences and exchanges.