In the town of Pompeii, 79 A D , a few weeks before the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius, a Roman lady Helene meets and falls in love with a young Greek man Lysias He is betrothed to another woman who, to win him back
Mathias Pascal, only son of a once rich family, marries beautiful Romilde, who has a terrible mother in law She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare, as well as his job as assistant lib
Denis is distracted hes studying all day for philosophy exams and working all night at the flower market plus, whenever he closes his eyes, he dreams of a mysterious woman in white His girlfriend Nina is annoyed at