Mascara

While attending the festive premiere of the opera "Orfeo ed Euridice," police superintendent Sarrazin is called away to investigate an apparent suicide. He leaves behind his widowed sister (Rampling), who is quickly befriended by the show's costume designer (De Lint). In his office the following day, Sarrazin is given information by a known transvestite (Haag) indicating that the death he is investigating is a murder, a notion he rejects contemptuously. Sarrazin then unexpectedly requests Euridice's costume from De Lint for a friend to wear at a surprise birthday party. De Lint agrees, but only after he has convinced himself that the costume will be worn by Ramplin...