An idealistic first-time director lives for his art — until he meets a wife of an Italian producer at the Cannes Film Festival. A passionate affair begins, but the couple's romance is tested as they face the temptations of fame and fortune.

A famous writer returns home from the war. Tormented by the traumatic experience and embittered over his wounds he struggles with the desire to live. But then Eva happens to him, a young girl on the verge of becoming a woman, and exploring her own sexuality.