From an old Stefan Zweig novel, this version is set in 1913, 1936 and 2001. When he returns to the casino and seaside resort of his early teens, Louis, a 78 year old man (Serrault) encounters Olivia (Bejo), a 19 year old young woman madly in love with a violent cad. Louis tells the story of his own mother having a passionate, driven fling with his Italian tennis instructor in 1936, and of Marie Collins Brown, the slightly older widowed woman (Jaoui) who helped him through his confusion and pa ...[Read Story ]
