A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

Marlon Brando
as Paul

Maria Schneider
as Jeanne

Maria Michi
as Rosa's Mother

Giovanna Galletti
as Prostitute

Gitt Magrini
as Jeanne's Mother

Catherine Allégret
as Catherine

Luce Marquand
as Olympia

Marie-Hélène Breillat
as Monique

Catherine Breillat
as Mouchette

Dan Diament
as TV Sound Engineer
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"Jeanne" (Maria Schneider) is flat-hunting when she encounters the predatory "Paul" (Marlon Brando) in an empty apartment where he proceeds to rape her. It turns out that he has recently lost his wife to suicide and is completely bereft - bewildered and almost feral in his attitude towards this girl...