Top Cast
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Suzanne Flon
Teresa
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Anne Doat
Elena
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Robert Rimbaud
Lorenzo
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Pierre Richard
The bachelor
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Jean Allard
The delivery man
Overview
A Roman woman confides at length in a student who has come to rent her a room. At first amused by her interlocutor, she befriends her. She takes an interest in Lorenzo, Teresa's estranged husband, and falls in love with him, leading Teresa to kill her.
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