W. Somerset Maugham

Julia is a true diva: beautiful, talented, wealthy and famous. She has a devoted husband who has masterminded her brilliant career - but after years in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. She finds what she is looking for in a handsome young American fan, who adds a few more sparks than Julia was hoping for.

Set in the 1920s. A young English couple, Walter a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, get married for all the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai. Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter discovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China that is being ravaged by a deadly epidemic. He takes his wife along and their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them...

A bored Army private throws a party without his commanding officer's knowledge; a married man poses as the husband of a beautiful girl to help her get her inheritance; an American diplomat and his beautiful landlady stumble onto a jewel heist and murder; after her husband is killed in action and she is remarried, Julie discovers her first husband is still alive.