Architect and urbanist Sérgio Bernardes (the film director’s father) designs a hypothetical zoning plan to rescue a city on the path to ruin due to chaotic and unorganized development. The seemingly long takes are in contrast to the editing, which is meant to evoke chaos and emphasize the ironic progression
The Bed opens with Jamie, a young man, looking round an old, deserted country house. Through flashback we see Jamie as a boy, scared out of his wits when his older sister and her boyfriend, left alone in the house to babysit Jamie for the evening, play cruel tricks on him.
Mrs. Garrett and the girls travel to Paris, France. Mrs. Garrett takes a cooking class taught by a famous chef as the girls take classes at the sister school of Eastland.