The second tale, a humorous take on the subject that drove the first story--adultery--has a touch that is more assured. Veronic Ferres and Greta Scacci give delightful performances as the mistress and the wife, and John Malkovich properly lends only a slightly manic touch to a role another actor might have overdone. Unfortunately, this is merely consumed by the wraparound scenes, which are set in purgatory--the very scenes that qualify Ladies Room for this site, incidentally. For some reason, the filmmakers decided to present overblown metaphysical melodrama with the production values and approach of bad European soft-core porn. Now there's a dubious accomplishment.