"Modern comedy of manners with elements of mystery and satire. An English family lease a Tuscan villa for the summer. On arriving, they find detailed notes on the use of the house left by the absentee landlord. They soon arrive at some ominous conclusions."@en
"A woman takes her husband and children to the Italian home of another English family accompanied by her eccentric father. A sense of foreboding hangs over the holiday from the start as the house, as well as its absentee owners, exert their presence."@en
"It's high summer when Molly Pargeter drags her amiably bickering family to a rented Tuscan villa for the holidays. Molly is sure that the house is the perfect setting for their three-week getaway, but soon she becomes fascinated by the lives of the absent owners--and things start to go horribly wrong ..."
"An advertisement to lease an Italian villa for the summer attracts the attention of Molly Pargeter. Reluctantly, her husband is persuaded and the family arrives in Italy. They soon come to the ominous conclusions about the absent owner of the villa."