Set in an alternate WWI reality where a senseless war rages on, two soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict play a joyful game of chess. A heroic carrier pigeon delivers the soldiers' chess moves over the battlefield as the fighting escalates. Neither soldier knows his opponent as the game and the war builds to its climatic final move. Whoever wins the game, one thing is for certain: there are no winners in war.
When Miles enters Camille's art studio, he is drawn in by her creative productivity, the languid sensuality of her long days, and the coherence of the worlds in her paintings. As the summer unfolds, an intense intimacy builds in studio 210.
Deborah spends her days alone weaving baskets in Upstate New York. When her daughter Nora stops by unannounced, she is taken aback to discover the fullness of her mother's life. It is the story of a parent leaving the nest.
