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The plot -- a black comedy thriller set against Los Angeles lifestyles -- literally unfolds before the cameras as the actors each forge an improvised trajectory for their characters based on the central elements of an affair, a murder and an ensuing Hollywood mystery.

Four main characters are at the center of the plot and four separate sequences are shown on the screen simultaneously. Stellan Skarsgard is a motion picture executive; Saffron Burrows is his wife; Salma Hayek is an aspiring actress in the midst of an affair; and Jeanne Tripplehorn is a woman whose actions will alter their fates. Mystery, comedy, intimate drama -- these and much more result as the cameras roll for 93 consecutive minutes.