Jean Rochefort and Aida Foch are at the center of an unusual romance in this film, where he ("Cros") asks her ("Mercè") to model for him as inspiration for his sculpture. They were brought together because his wife, "Léa" (Claudia Cardinale), found the young woman escaping from Nazi-occupied France while trying to return to Spain; she was frail and without money at the time. As she poses for the older man, they share…