Jean-Pierre Dorat

One Saturday night, Jenny and Vera, are sequestered at home by an armed man who wants a big sum of money. As the two girls have no cash, he will wait until Monday morning for them to be able to withdraw the money. For the time being he binds them on their bed and, tired out himself, falls to sleep. The next morning, Max Sorini (for such is is name), a former legionary, accepts to tell his story to his two victims: having surprised his wife Nathalie in the company of her lover, Max had fallen upon his rival and a fight had ensued during which the other man had killed Nathalie, before taking the French leave. The police, believing Max was guilty with the manslaughter had arrested him but he had managed to escape while being transferred to prison. Now he needs money for his defense... —Guy Bellinger

Claude Sauvage, a tenacious young gynecologist takes a months long internship in a Paris hospital. Between her private life and medical career, she set her doubts and desires in a society where the square and the plight of women remain at that time a secondary issue. The film follows Claude and the staff through the case of some patients while the crucial debate on women's professional ambition, contraception and abortion rights.

Geneviève es una joven que vive con su madre y le ayuda en la tienda de paraguas que tienen en Cherburgo. Está enamorada de Guy, un joven mecánico, con el que piensa casarse a pesar de la oposición de su madre, que considera a Geneviève demasiado joven y a Guy demasiado pobre. Para pagar una deuda, la madre se ve obligada a vender un collar a un rico joyero que se enamora de Geneviève desde el primer momento. Mientras tanto, Guy tendrá que ausentarse dos años para ir a Argelia a hacer el servicio militar.