The last year of life of the Italian-French painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) who died with 36 years, was played by Gérard Philipe, who was lethally sick during the shooting of this movie and died shortly after its release, 1959, with 36 years - on one of the two diseases that Modigliano had himself and exactly in his age. Further, this movie was directed by Jacques Becker ...
导演让（Jean Yanne 饰）与女友凯瑟琳（Marlène Jobert 饰）暂居卡尔马格，两人有时试着找工作，有时上街拍素材。暴躁的让贬低凯瑟琳，然而在凯瑟琳离开他回祖母家休息的日子里，让寂寞难耐登门寻访不值，凯瑟琳真的返回的时候，让给出的却是一个耳光……
两人的关系在不断的分手和好中维系，另方面让与分居已久的妻子仍有来往，凯瑟琳对一切感到厌倦再次提出分手，两人在小城四处散心后分别，让失去了凯瑟琳的消息，不久得知她与一位中产男子订婚，这一次的分手，似乎再也无法挽回了。
本片获1972年戛纳电影节最佳男演员奖。
