In an empty villa, Vera Baxter sits and contemplates her life, as she recounts to a woman who was drawn to the villa when she heard the name Vera Baxter pronounced. Vera tells her about her no-good husband, who has been using her to keep his failing business afloat, up to her present love affair.
Delphine Seyrig
as L'inconnue
Noëlle Châtelet
as Monique Combes
Claudine Gabay
as Vera Baxter
Gérard Depardieu
as Michel Cayre
Nathalie Nell
as La maîtresse de Jean
Claude Aufaure
as Barman
François Périer
as Jean Baxter (voice)
Marguerite Duras
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
