Camille, Dov y Joëlle viven al borde de la sociedad y están involucrados en pequeños robos para ayudarlos a comprar sus dosis de medicamentos y sobrevivir lo mejor que puedan. Un día, mientras intentan robar una sala de cine, activan la señal de alarma y es Pierre, el hermano de Camille, quien está haciendo un atraco en el mismo edificio, quien es arrestado con las manos rojas. Los tres jóvenes deciden secuestrar a un oficial de policía y cambiarlo por Pierre.
Frédéric Lansac, an artist and botanist, has a wild affair with party girl Moira, but throws her over when he meets the lovely Anne. Frédéric and Anne marry, but tragedy strikes when Moira shows up at the wedding party and makes a scene, causing Anne to fall into a bonfire. Frédéric and Anne lock themselves up in his mansion with his servants, a pair of mute dwarves. Anne, needless to say, becomes bitter and demanding. Frédéric tells everyone Anne has died, then on the sly, hires a nurse to look after her.
Olivier Larry, a young cartoonist, is looking for a woman to symbolize all the avowed or secret desires of today's public. He visits the abstract painter Salvador Dalloz and inspects his models in vain. Then he goes to a photo studio of a special kind. At night, he goes through the striptease boxes, always looking for the one he can draw.
