Somewhat randomly he travels to Italy, bums around and becomes infatuated with a flirtatious woman Louise (Nadia Hilker).
No good will come of this.
This starts from a kind of misogynistic premise common in horror with the mysterious woman as other/monster/witch/whore but manages to end up in a very different place.
It's deeply sad and romantic at the same time.
I'm an acknowledged Moorhead & Benson fanboy I know but I don't understand why this isn't more well known and appreciated.
There's nothing showy about it, mostly it's two people walking and talking in picturesque locations with the occasional dash of sudden body horror.
A highly recommended meditation on love, mortality and deep time 9/10.