Claude Aufaure

A mentally unhinged young woman becomes sexually and romantically involved with a repairman moonlighting as a writer in this Oscar-nominated French drama. Though their passion for each other grows, her instability catches up with her.

In an empty villa, Vera Baxter sits and contemplates her life, as she recounts to a woman who was drawn to the villa when she heard the name Vera Baxter pronounced. Vera tells her about her no-good husband, who has been using her to keep his failing business afloat, up to her present love affair.