It is France in the late 40's. Rose is an actress and Alex, a teenage soldier, meets her after a performance and asks her to come to his villa. It is actually his uncle George's villa, who leaves his Italian mistress, Giulietta, to pay them a visit. Rose leaves Alex early without a good explanation.

2 years later Alex goes to visit George and finds Rose there. They spend a night together but when George is due to come back, Rose asks Alex to leave and he shoots her in the arm. Rose goes to Italy and finds George and Giulietta. She becomes friends with Giulietta and also asks George to marry her.

12 years later Alex sees Rose performing, now extremely successful, and she invites him back to the villa where George and their daughter Jenny are. Alex stays with them and a couple of years later Jenny has fallen in love with him. Alex resists her but George believes something is going on and has a heart attack. At his funeral Alex has a fling with Giulietta. Rose tells Alex she doesn't want him to leave, and he is caught between 3 women.

The show ends with Alex leaving Rose to go back to Giulietta.