 Julien Bernardini, a young French journalist, is planning to do an interview by now aged movie-star Ava Gardner, who lives secluded in her London mansion and who refuses any interview by phone. After a fastidious journey, Julien is finally getting to his long-awaited appointment, shaking at the idea of eventually meeting a living myth. But he soon discovers that he will actually have to interview the star through the intercom! What s more, Ava Gardner doesn t even remember her films, or hardly, and doesn t even feel like answering to any question. So much for the myth...