Dir.: Fabio Carpi; Script: Fabio Carpi; Phot.: Fabio Cianchetti; Ed.: Bruno Sarandrea; Mus.: Claude Rich, Valeria Cavalli, Grégoire Colin; Cast: Gherardo Pagliei, Elisabetta Riga, Gam Film, Via Metaponto 8, 00183 Rome (Italie), tél.: 704 54 515, fax: 704 54 514; Prod. & Sales: Sacis, Via Teulada 66, 00195 Rome (Italie), tél.: (6) 374 981, fax: (6) 372 34 92.

René, an old, blind poet, travels around the world with his beautiful young companion Sibilla, giving a series of lectures. A spirited and inquiring young woman, she becomes his window on the world. But, much as she loves the old writer, Sibilla is constantly unfaithful to him. In Madrid she falls in love with a young torero, whose vitality charms René as well. They form an odd trio, the torero's presence kindling paternal sentiments in René and more amorous ones in Sibilla. When the torero dies suddenly, René and Sibilla, recently married, are profoundly depressed. In India, an escapade with a prostitute provokes Sibilla's jealousy and René gets word of the imminent death of his mother, just short of her 100th birthday. Paradoxically, this also liberates René and Sibilla from any personal obligations and they continue their sybaritic voyage across Europe, marking each new stop with new experiences and an inexorable progression toward the poet's final retirement -- from travelling, from lecturing and, eventually, from life itself. Back in Paris, René makes his last public appearance and settles his personal and professional affairs...