Film critic Henri Chapier did not give up his "day job" at a French newspaper in order to direct this romance, his third film. Mariana (Sonia Petrova) is from a well-established Venetian family. When she is amorously viewed by a French architect who is living in town helping to restore its crumbling treasures, she returns his interest, but responds immediately to the passionate embraces of his photographer friend. Neither man wins her hand, however, as she fulfills her family's request that she marry a traditional Venetian man.
~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide