A couple in the south of France non-sequentially spin down the highways of infidelity in their troubled ten-year marriage.
Joanna and her architect husband, Mark Wallace have been married for a decade, and their relationship's become very rocky. As they drive from their London home to St. Tropez for the unveiling of a house Mark has designed for his clients, Maurice and Francoise Dalbret, they recall the events - both happy and sad, which neither then to this point. Told in flashback they pair recall their first meeting, and memorable moments in their courtship and early wedded life, as well as the tensions they both felt which led them each to extramarital affairs. With a terrific score by Henry Mancini, this welli-loved Stanley Donnen film's a sparkling effervescent story which deals in an atypical way for films of this time - showing both the joyousness and pathos off love.—Huggo
When they first meet on a road in Europe, Joanna is in a touring girl's choir and Mark is a struggling architect. The film follows their life together - through courtship and marriage, infidelity, and parenthood - all on the road in a variety of cars through a score of time-shifting vignettes as they travel from London to St Tropez.—A.L.Beneteau <[email protected]>
The ten-year marriage of Mark and Joanna Wallace is on the rocks. In flashback they recall their first meeting, memorable moments in their courtship and early wedded life, their travels through Europe, their broken vow never to have children, and their increasing tensions that led to both of them having extra-marital affairs.—filmfactsman