The Lacemaker (1977)

During a visit to a Normandy seaside resort with her friend, Marylene, a fragile and solitary young woman named Béatrice is befriended by an arts student, François. Despite their intellectual and class differences, the couple fall in love and share a flat together in Paris. Whilst Béatrice is content to be in love, François becomes increasingly frustrated with her unwillingness to better herself...