After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love.
Fernando Rey
as Mathieu Faber
Carole Bouquet
as Conchita
Ángela Molina
as Conchita
Julien Bertheau
as Édouard
André Weber
as Martin
Milena Vukotić
as Mother on the Train
María Asquerino
as Encarnación, Conchita's Mother
Ellen Bahl
as Manolita
Valerie Blanco
as Isabelle
Auguste Carrière
as Woman who Mending at the Window
Jacques Debary
as Judge on the Train
Antonio Duque
as Driver