Pierre Lachenay（让·德赛利 Jean Desailly 饰)是一个已婚的作家和杂志主编，在一次出差时，他被美丽的空姐 Nicole（弗朗索瓦·朵列 Françoise Dorléac 饰）所吸神马影视。碰巧的是，两人竟在同一间酒店见面了。Pierre邀请Ni cole出去喝东西，两人聊了一夜，不久，两人便爱得无法自拔。Pierre要回巴黎了，Nicole在他的本子上留了电话号码。回到家的Pierre瞒着妻子Franca (Nelly Benedetti 饰)偷偷和Nicole联系。他更主动申请出差去Reims，只为了能带上Nicole，暂时远离他的妻子和女儿。在Reims，Pierre为了讲座忙得不可开交，和Nicole闹了矛盾，两人提前离开了Reims。碰巧Pierre的妻子打电话到Reims，发现Pierre已经离开，开始怀疑Pierre。后来，Nicole厌倦了这段关系，离开了Pierre。而另一边，Franca则准备和Pierre离婚。直到Franca发现了Pierre和Nicole的亲密合照，愤怒和嫉妒促使她拿出猎枪，走到街上去寻找Pierre，以了结这一切......

80sThe last year of life of the Italian-French painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) who died with 36 years, was played by Gérard Philipe, who was lethally sick during the shooting of this movie and died shortly after its release, 1959, with 36 years - on one of the two diseases that Modigliano had himself and exactly in his age. Further, this movie was directed by Jacques Becker - after the sudden death of Max Ophüls. Becker, too, died only 2 years after this movie.