John Davidson: diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome at a young age which alienated him from his peers, he struggled with a condition few people had witnessed.

An enquiring young woman changes lovers, from writer to stockbroker. But an underlying lack of engagement is emphasised by the brutalist architecture of the setting in a Fascist Roman suburb, itself a major element of the film.

A young woman kills an assailant and is then blackmailed by a witness, but Scotland Yard’s investigation is soon compromised.