A Zed & Two Noughts

Identical twin zoologists Oswald and Oliver Deuce (Brian Deacon and Eric Deacon) are at work studying animal behavior at a zoo when both their wives are killed in a car accident involving a large swan. The woman who was driving the car, Alba Bewick (Andréa Ferréol), survives with an amputated leg. As they become obsessed with images of growth and decay, the twins develop a strange relationship with Alba, whom Venus de Milo (Frances Barber), a prostitute and storyteller, attempts to forge a connection with them.