简介：Mari (Marina Vlady) runs a boardinghouse for girls who are in trouble, and Juli (Lili Monori) is a young married woman who is fleeing her passionate marriage with an uncontrollable alcoholic. She has brought her young daughter along with her. Though this is not allowed under the house rules, Mari makes an exception for Juli. Both women are desperately unfulfilled - Mari has a narrow-minded and passionless man for a husband, and Juli still loves her husband, whom she recognizes as a person she cannot continue living with. The two turn to each other for comfort, and each woman gains necessary insights into her own life in seeing the other's struggles. This sober movie by feminist director Marta Meszaros was not a rousing box-office success.
简介：法国绅士马德奥（费尔南多•雷依 Fernando Rey 饰）在西班牙乘车回国，在车厢里他遇到了一对母女、一个侏儒以及一个弟弟的朋友。火车发动前，一个女人（莫利纳•安赫拉 Molina Angela 饰）拎着行李匆匆赶来，马德奥向她泼了一桶冷水，这让众人颇为不解。回到车厢后，马德奥跟其他人讲述自己的遭遇：原来这女人是马德奥哥哥家的西班牙女仆孔奇塔（卡洛尔•布盖 Carole Bouquet 饰）。她的美貌深深吸引了马德奥。为了示爱，他资助孔齐塔母女摆脱经济困难，然后提出让她做自己的爱人。虽然，孔奇塔对他半推半就，但是始终没有答应他的性要求。这令他非常恼火，特别是当他发现这个自称处女的女人居然另有情人时，更是怒不可遏……本片中，西班牙导演布努埃尔用两名女演员扮演同一角色，颇具象征意义。