Roman Dialogue

The subject of this film is the conversation between a man and a woman A couple maybe lovers maybe married it doesnt matter During this conversation we do not see but the city of Rome I wanted to transmit that what Rome provokes in me the feeling of an intrinsic matter indissoluble in difference with Paris made of small parks and open spaces crossed by the sky and the wind Hand in hand with the film the difficulty of the two lovers assumes a clearer more explicit form But as much as in my opinion it is impossible to describe and film Rome the difficulty in the love of a couple can never be totally understood Marguerite Duras Venice film festival catalogue 1982