charlotte rampling do an award win act job depict a woman reaction to her husband of 25 year disappear into the ocean in the south of france . they seem to be a serenely and smoothly functioning couple take their annual vacation together . they have a lovely seaside villa and seem to know the routine of travel and open the house and prepare to relax . they seem like a loving couple and but she be in her 40 and fit and trim while he be age and overweight . he get wood for a fire and she make pasta and they go to bed together with affection and but no passion . the next day be lovely and he lovingly apply sunblock to her back . he go swim by himself a she prefer to relax for awhile and read a book . she never saw him again a he never return . she be frantic and initiate a search and but no body be find . the following year she be try to get on with her life and still deny her husband death . her friend grow increasingly concerned and try to fix her up with a pleasant single man and and eventually she agree to have a date with him and make love . the image of her husband remain with her in a soft and friendly way . event accelerate and the finding of the body and a shocking talk with her age mother in law . ultimately she seem to come to grip with reality a she break down and cry on the beach and but the sudden end must be watch closely for a clue to how she eventually cope . after the love make scene and there be a shock realization by the new boyfriend and that their physical intimacy mean nothing to her after the fact . this be what many lover feel when they realize the physical intimacy be only skin deep and temporal . one wonder by what magic endure love and commitment happens .