John Middleton Murry visits France to finalize the publication of a collection of his late wife, Katherine Mansfield's, letters and journals. The publisher's girlfriend Marie (who physically resembles Mansfield) and Murry become friends. Marie gradually learns that Murry not only profited greatly from his publication of Mansfield's writings, but that as her editor he sacrificed the real Mansfield to his own romantic dream, and even that he published her letters and journals against her expressed wishes.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 John GielgudJohn Middleton Murry | John Middleton Murry |
 Jane BirkinMarie Taylor, Katherine Mansfield | Marie Taylor, Katherine Mansfield |
 Féodor AtkineAndre de Sarry | Andre de Sarry |
 Simon Wardyoung John | young John |
 Louba GuertchikoffLisa | Lisa |
 Maurice ChevitAlain | Alain |
| MMireille AlcantaraVioletta | Violetta |
| LLeonard PezzinoAlfredo | Alfredo |