Elena Torlato-Favrini, a headstrong Italian countess and business empire heiress, believes she surpasses any man, challenging societal norms and gender roles.

Composed entirely by literary quotations from many different sources and from several historical periods, Godard's film works as an allegory on film. The loose narrative tells about a drifter found by a rich woman who soon falls in love with him. A drowning accident takes place and the drifter dies but some time later, he reappears in the woman's life looking for a job. Or could it be the man's twin brother?—Rodrigo Amaro