The film depicts the extreme jealousy of a hotelier, Marcel (Serge Reggiani, then 42 years old), towards his wife, Odette (Romy Schneider, then 26 years old).
An Algerian doctor decides to leave the troubles in Algiers and goes back to his hometown, a small village lost in the mountains. There, however, the situation is explosive as well, as the ...
Philippe Lantier, a wealthy womanizer, falls for a beautiful blonde, Madeleine. In the process of seducing her, he will discover that he's got a heart.