When Anne (Riva) experiences a
moment of lost time one day at the breakfast table across from her husband
of over 40 years, Georges (Trintignant), it's
fleeting, but it signals the end
of the active - senior's life — proudly attending concerts starring world - famous former piano students, doing the shopping, being generally engaged and mobile in their affluent retirement — we've briefly
glimpsed at the beginning
of the film.