‘The Seven Year Itch’ in Paris

“Richard Sherman returns home after taking his wife, Helen, and son, Ricky, to the train station. The husband and father, left alone for the holidays, soon finds his solitude disturbed by his charming neighbour, a captivating and naive blonde who doesn’t realise the effect her swaying hips have on men’s minds. Suddenly frisky, Richard dreams of seducing the beauty, convinced that Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto will be of decisive help. But between his wildest desires and the most prosaic reality lies a great gulf, which the fumes of alcohol, who knows, might just allow him to bridge…”