Maria Schneider as Jeanne, a young Parisian woman.Marlon Brando as Paul, an American expatriate and hotel owner.As Paul dies, Jeanne, dazed, mutters to herself that he was just a stranger who tried to rape her and she did not know who he was, as if in a rehearsal preparing herself for questioning by the police. Paul staggers out onto the balcony, mortally wounded, and collapses. Paul, not wanting to let Jeanne go, chases her through the streets of Paris, all the way back to her apartment, where he tells her he loves her and wants to know her name. She tells Paul she does not want to see him again.
The loss of anonymity disillusions Jeanne about their relationship. As he tells his life story, they walk into a tango bar, where he continues telling her about himself. He tells her of the recent tragedy of his wife. Paul later meets Jeanne on the street and says he wants to renew the relationship. The affair continues for some time until Paul decides to leave Jeanne, after which she arrives at the apartment and finds that he has packed up and left without warning. He insists that neither of them must share any personal information, even given names, much to Jeanne's dismay. Paul takes the apartment after they begin an anonymous sexual relationship there. Paul, a middle-aged American hotel owner mourning the suicide of his wife Rosa, meets a young, engaged Parisian woman named Jeanne at an apartment that both are interested in renting.
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