Lesbianism, adultery, and murder are all mixed up in this basically failed attempt to combine the talents of director Dassin and New Wave novelist Duras. Dassin's real-life wife, Mercouri, is cast as the alcoholic wife of Finch. The couple are traveling through Spain with their daughter
and Schneider, who presumably (it is never stated) is lover to both Mercouri and the adulterous Finch. Along the way, Mercouri and Schneider take a shower together. There are also some highly erotic lovemaking scenes between Finch and Schneider (imagined by Mercouri or real, the audience never
knows). Finally, Mercouri befriends a simple Spaniard who has just murdered his wife and h...
Released:
1966
Rated:
NR
Length:
85 mins