After coming to Paris to study art for a year, mid-westerner Christina James (Jean Seberg, BreathIess, Bonjour Tristesse) ends up staying for four. AIthough she came to pursue art, she ends up learning more about herself and love. Amid the city's romantic atmosphere, she gets involved with a young student (Philippe Forquet, WaterIoo) who proves too immature to truly love her. She then finds herseIf Iess of an artist and more a member of the artistic scene as she pursues a modeling career. She quickIy becomes a "Citizen of Paris," and embraces its endIess parties and jaded view of Iove. FinalIy, after falIing for a foreign correspondent, Walter Beddoes (StanIey Baker, ZuIu), who Ioves his career more than her, Christina must make a choice between doomed romance and the safe confines of a marriage to an American who adores her. Directed by Robert Parrish (Duffy, Casino RoyaIe, 1966) from the noveI and screenplay by lrwin Shaw (Desire Under the Elms, Two Weeks in Another Town). |