José Luis de Vilallonga

Saddled with a dull husband and a foolish lover, a woman has an affair with a stranger.

Holly is an eccentric New York City playgirl who becomes interested in her next-door neighbor, a writer who is “sponsored” by a wealthy patron.

While she anxiously waits for the results of a medical test, French singer Cléo Victoire spends a couple of hours wandering through the streets of Paris. Along the way, she meets up with her lover, goes shopping, visits her model friend Dorothee, and has a brief affair with a passing soldier.

Giulietta Masina plays a betrayed wife whose inability to come to terms with reality leads her along a hallucinatory journey of self-discovery.