 A woman and three men. Nina, who s come to Paris to act and sleeps with any man at hand, meets Paulo, a young estate agent; he s smitten. She also meets Paulo s flatmate Quentin, a compulsive who stalks her. To Paulo s jealous dismay, she s willing to sleep with Quentin, and wants Paulo s friendship. After a desperate act by Quentin, Nina and Paulo share a flat, but she still won t take him as a lover; instead, her energy goes into a production of "Romeo and Juliet" directed by a detached, intense man who becomes her father figure. Quinten s ghost taunts her, Paulo wants to end all contact, and the director plans to return to London. The art of the theater may be her only refuge.