...et mourir de désir (1974)

Overview

To escape the police in the streets of Paris, a couple separates. The woman breaks into a hotel room and hides in a wardrobe. The occupant of the room discovers her and offers her to pretend to share his bed to deceive the policeman who controls the room. Heated by the situation, he then tries to rape her until the fleeing man appears and knocks him out. After giving leave to the young woman, the man begins to write. He recounts in voiceover the circumstances that led him to this situation.