Jennifer Jones and Montgomery Clift star as a visiting American housewife and the Italian lover she meets while visiting relatives in Rome. When the time comes for her to leave for America, she decides that the time has come to break off the relationship and makes plans to return home to her husband. When saying goodbye to each other at the train station, the Italian gentleman professes his love for her and asks her to stay. While waiting for her train, the woman begins to reconsider her decision to return home to her husband.
