Marianne has left her married boyfriend and finds it difficult to leave her toddler in the hands of babysitters as she goes on tour.

Along the tour they are met with polite indifference as audience members either fail to grasp the meaning of the play or are bored by it.

The tour finishes and the women return home feeling as though no one is willing to change, but they have at least made people more aware of the misery of their lives.

No less a luminary than Simone de Beauvoir called Mai Zetterling’s riotous feature "the best movie ever made by a woman".

All the images have multiple dimensions, the theatrical scenes reflect real life, and this touches on the dreams which brings us back to reality.

Ironic and comic, this film moves us by the beauty of its landscapes, its poetry and above all the subtle tenderness with which we are shown the feminine faces.