by Clarke Fountain
synopsis
Here the director adapts his own novel about Mira (Romy Schneider), a firebrand of a woman, who moves from being a ferocious labor organizer to being the mistress of her town's factory owner (Ugo Tognazzi). Labor negotiations provide a background for their brief but devastating romantic affair.
characteristics
- Labor Unions
- Self-Destructive Romance
- Love
- Labor [work]
- Romance
- Romantic
- Mistress
- Labor-relations
- Boss [employer]
- Adultery
- Employer
- Extramarital-affair
- Infidelity
- Factory-owner
- Adulterer