Ana and Vronski meet by chance. They are united by a powerful attraction. Karenin, Ana's husband, the base of her happiness falters. Levin loses Kitty, the love of his life. Dolly tries to unite them, she knows what an unhappy marriage is. Stiva tries to recover Dolly after an infidelity. The hunger for love and its consequences and a deep addiction to desperate individual happiness is the point of union of these seven characters who try to define what it is to love.