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...