Summary

Fred (Caine) and Mick (Keitel) are two old friends on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred is a retired music composer and conductor; Mick is a film director. The two look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's lives and the other hotel guests. While Mick is hard at work on the screenplay for what he feels will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his music career. But someone will stop at nothing to hear him conduct again.