Nadine, a 20-year-old fashion model, is at a luxury hotel in Paris when she
meets Fausto, an Italian waiter. To impress the beautiful young woman,
Fausto shows her one of the hotel's most expensive suites. As he does
so, he is disturbed by the room's present occupant and before he knows it
Fausto is in prison, serving a two-year stretch for assault. By the
time he is released, Nadine's modelling career has taken off but she has
not forgotten the good-looking Italian. A passionate romance quickly
ensues, and, with money 'borrowed' from Nadine, Fausto manages to open his
own trendy nightclub. But bad luck seems to follow the two lovers wherever
they go. A car accident appears to put paid to Nadine's career and
Fausto is on the receiving end of a nasty beating. Is their love strong
enough to see them both through this unending storm of setbacks....
The cinema of Japan is noteworthy for its purity, subtlety and visual impact. The films of Ozu, Mizoguchi and Kurosawa are sublime masterpieces of film poetry.
From its birth in 1895, cinema has been an essential part of French culture. Now it is one of the most dynamic, versatile and important of the arts in France.
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.