Lea Massari

At the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself between the urge to discover love and the ever-present, dominating affection of his mother.

When a young socialite vanishes, her lover and her best friend search for her. But soon the woman's mysterious disappearance becomes only the background for a striking examination of modern human relationships.

A distracted detective (Jean-Paul Belmondo) pursues a psychopath who kills promiscuous women.