In modern Paris, a sick and nervous man, a "déclassé", tries to seduce others by means of his illness. He meets three women, mixes up his life and his fantasies. Is he unhappy because he wants to be or not? He lives in a painter's studio that one of his friends has lent him.
A 16 year old girl panics when she finds out she's pregnant. Based on a novel by (Charles Ferdinand) Ramuz, clearly influenced by Dryer and Bresson and hailed by Godard.