Le Navire Night is a story of love and desire sustained and nourished through sound waves. The film’s voice-over tells the story of a woman, terminally ill with leukemia, living in isolation at her wealthy father's villa, and a man working night shifts at a telephone company. They have never met in person.
Duras narrates a short story while the camera travels through the streets of Paris with short interludes of solemn music.
On images of the Tuileries Gardens, Marguerite Duras recalls Césarée, an ancient destroyed city.
