What happens to film characters after the film is made, has had its run in the theaters and been filed away in our memories? To find the answer, Zanussi takes the young star of his last film Serce na dloni (With a Warm Heart) - honored at the Rome Film Fe
C. C. Baxter（杰克·莱蒙 Jack Lemmon饰）是纽约一个大公司的小职员，他的单身公寓经常被公司的高层们用去当作幽会的场所，Baxter也因此获得不少升迁的机会。Baxter暗恋着公司的电梯女郎Fran Kubelik（雪莉·麦克雷恩 Shirley MacLaine 饰），这天他终于鼓起勇气约了她晚上一起去看一出戏剧。然而Baxter等了一晚却未见Fran的踪影，原来Fran是公司的高管有妇之夫Jeffery Sheldrake（弗莱德·麦克莫瑞 Fred MacMurray饰）的地下情
