24 Heures de la vie d'une femme

This film from France is based on a novel by Stefan Zweig that explores the madness of love when it is not returned. Three tales that shift back and forth in time illustrate this. One involves an elderly diplomat and a young woman fleeing an abusive relationship. Another involves the diplomat’s own mother’s affair and the last recounts twenty-four hours in the life of a young widow who becomes enthralled with a Polish soldier with a bad gambling habit.