Greece, 1936. An aristocratic woman engages in a series of loveless affairs before finding herself falling for a political activist.

After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from post-partum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed mental state, befuddling her relatives.

Legend has it that a brisk wind called the “Faun” delivers vigor to the men of Falklenhousen – accounting for the town’s satisfied wives and high birth rate. Truth is,…