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The crime novelist is looking for peace and quiet to finish his new book. Not unreasonably, he goes to Venice. He meets a real estate agent who knows just the place for him, and will take him there in her own boat. This is a small, comfortable house on the island of Sant Erasmo, which is north of the Lido and grows fruits and vegetables for the city.
The house is isolated and near the water. Francis (Andre Dussollier) likes it. He also likes Judith (Carole Bouquet) as she shows it to him. He tells her he will take both the house and herself. She takes this in stride, and when we see them a year later, they are married. The French director Andre Techine takes this as the starting point for a film that incorporates elements of noir and romance, but is too complex to be disciplined by a genre. Much of the film s appeal centers on the newly married couple: Andre, 10 or 15 years older, happy but not trusting his happiness, and Judith, independent, self-sufficient, bisexual, with a form