The Margin
"The line between love and lechery."
A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.
Directed by Walerian Borowczyk
Written by André Pieyre de Mandiargues
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