A secret affair
Bill Fitzgerald, foreign TV correspondent, is war-weary and exhausted after a long stint in Bosnia. He travels to Venice to meet an old friend for some much-needed rest and relaxation. While at the bar of the Gritti Palace Hotel on the Grand Canal, Bill is struck by the dark beauty of a young woman seated alone at the other side of the bar. Unhappily married, Vanessa Stewart is a twenty-seven-year old glass designer who is in town to visit the gl...