In this highly symbolic political allegory, Averill is traveling through a troubled countryside amid rumors of war to visit his father. He reaches a train station in a city which is paralyzed by a transportation strike and is forced to take lodgings in a bizarre, unattractive town populated by seemingly malformed individuals. After a while, he begins to try to woo a much older woman, and symbolic images of entrapment, imprisonment and erotic enticement mark his adventures in this regard.

A plus de quatre-vingts ans, la marquise de Maintenon, epouse de Louis XIV, s'est retiree a Saint-Cyr. Elle s'est prise d'affection pour une enfant de sept ans, Marie de La Tour. A son intention, elle decide de mettre par ecrit les souvenirs de sa vie.

French seniors enroll in summer camp.

1977 film by Marguerite Duras

Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume, and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. After all, he had always known he would marry one, completing his idealized love fantasy.

1986 film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix