The first to die in an epidemic of meningitis in Vera Cruz is a French tourist. His wife Nellie, detached and indifferent, feels little grief and realizes that her coldness is her own doom. Over the next two days, she is attracted to George, a local drunk who does odd jobs for brothels and dances grotesquely for tourists in exchange for drinks. George has his own dark secret, a tragedy he caused that leaves him with a death wish. In assisting the local doctor to cope with the epidemic, these two emotional cripples enable each other to rediscover reasons to live and to love.
Directing | Yves Allégret | Director |
Writing | Yves Allégret | Adaptation |
Directing | Rafael E. Portas | Co-Director |
Art | Gunther Gerszo | Art Direction |
Editing | Claude Nicole | Editor |
Production | Salvador Elizondo | Producer |
Sound | Paul Misraki | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Alex Phillips | Director of Photography |
Writing | Jean Aurenche | Writer |
Writing | Yves Allégret | Screenplay |
Writing | Jean-Paul Sartre | Original Story |
Writing | Pierre Bost | Dialogue |