She is local and he is lost. He asks for the nearest hotel and she helps him. When arriving at the hotel he runs into the woman again. The two flirt and later spend time together talking and kissing in true Italian fashion. When evening comes the man, too proud to consummate their rendezvous, returns to his room alone.
Morning comes and the woman is gone.
Two years pass and the two run into each other again at the cinema. The man has another chance to consummate the relationship, which it appears that the woman is all to ready for, but it never happens. The story is one of unrequited love and meeting the love of your life only to lose them. The two meet in the south of France in a little port town boutique. Through conversation Marceau's character discloses the fact that she murdered her father.