A Scottish woman who attends school in Paris comes home for the summer and helps take in the straw, where she meets an attractive and simple man. They begin a torrid affair despite the differences in their lifestyles. He asks her to marry him but she refuses, and they continue their separate lives but also continue their affair through the years, loving each other despite their differences.
Greta Scacchi
as George
Vincent D'Onofrio
as Gavin
Anaïs Jeanneret
as Frédérique
Hanns Zischler
as Sidney
Barbara Jones
as Ellen
Rolf Illig
as George's Father
Petra Berndt
as Jodie
László I. Kish
as Angus
Shirley Henderson
as Mary
Sandra Voe
as Gavin's Mother
Claudine Auger
as George's Mother
Charles Berling
as Roger
