Die von der Liebe leben

This is an old proverb that has a tendency to turn up to actuality whenever a potential suicide turns up. Here it is Alida Valli who attempts to jump from a train at full speed, while she is rescued at the last moment by a fellow passenger, Amedeo Nazzari, who then can'r help feeling obliged to stick to her fate to continue saving it, although he is married with two sons and has an important position. She did indeed have reasons for her suicidal attempt, being at the mercy of an abominable Parisian pimp.(Serge Reggiani) with no trace of any decency. She tried to get rid of him by leaving Paris, while she is then constantly pursued by further failures, being expelled from France and compelled to go back to her parents and family in Florence, where Amedeo Nazzari lives, and so events keep rolling on. It's a very difficult part for Alida Valli, but she handles it expertly, and gradually you learn to understand the dwindling abysmal spiral of her predicament of fate. There is finally a solution, as nemesis enters the stage, but not without casualties.