A young woman, Vittoria, has just recently put an end to a three years relationship with an older man. After meeting Piero, a stock market trader, the two start seeing each other and wander through the deserted, modernist suburbs of Rome. Their affair, however, will soon reveal itself to be a doomed one, and Vittoria will rediscover the bitter taste of solitude.

Winner of the Jury Special Prize at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.

The short film "Superstitions" will be presented together with the screenings of the film "L`Eclisse".