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A couple in a state of crisis travel to Italy in order to sell off some property that is theirs by inheritance. In their travels through the beautiful scenery in the country, both discover a new sense to their lives and, above all, to their love. In contact with her Italian past - so very remote and, at the same time, so very close - Katherine will feel the existence of another time , very different from that ruled by modern society. In this abyss between the immediate and the eternal, she beomes aware of a lack of a sense to life without love. Meanwhile, in a casual encounter with a prostitute, Alexander also comes up against his own existential emptyness. Towards the end, the journey to Italy proves a great plunge deep into the great mystery of existence. A landmark in terms of modern cinema, the film exerted an influence over great film makers such as Michelangelo Antonioni, François Truffaut, and Jean-Luc Godard.