Plot

Beautiful, vivacious Kate is a floor model at a posh London department store by day, and the wife of author Alec Bolton at night. Her idyllic existence is thrown into turmoil when she writes a novel and is courted by Alec's new publisher.

Beautiful, vivacious Kate Swallow (Carole Bouquet) is a floor model at a posh London department store by day, and the wife of author Alec Bolton (Jonathan Pryce) at night. Her idyllic existence is thrown into turmoil when she finishes a novel and is courted, both professionally and romantically, by Alec's new publisher, crass Vanni Corso (Christopher Walken). When her husband objects to her writing career, and her publisher objects to her marriage, Kate is forced to make a decision between marriage, romance and the career she has always dreamed of.

This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Alec Bolton, a noted author, who discourages her when she wants to write a novel. Later she is swept off her feet by Alecs publisher, Vanni Corso, and leaves Alec for Vanni. She writes another novel and Vanni tells her he doesn't think the book will sell. Both of their actions are an indication of their vanity and fear of losing her.—Richard Jones <rjo339@swbell.net>