 In 1930, Mrs. Erlynne, who describes herself as poor and infamous, driven from New York society by jealous wives, sees a news photo of wealthy Lord Windermere and his young wife: she heads for the Amalfi Coast to be among the rich and famous for  the season  and to snare Lord Windermere. Gossips twitter as he spends his afternoons with her, his wife blissfully innocent as she blushingly fends off attentions from a young English nobleman, an international playboy who thinks he s in love. Mrs. Erlynne is also pursued by a worldly-wise older English nobleman. Lady Windermere s 20th birthday party approaches, where all plays out amid numerous amoral Wildean aphorisms.