Remy Brozek

Paris by night. Alex, 22, wants to become a filmmaker. He is fascinated by first times and his girlfriend, Florence, has just left him for his best friend, Thomas. First break-up, first attempted murder: Alex tries to strangle Thomas, but gives up and wanders the streets. That evening, Mireille, a girl from provincial France who has come up to Paris to make commercials, is left by her boyfriend. Alex witnesses this separation. These two tormented souls run into each other at a party.

In the absence of her royal husband Theseus, thought to be dead, Phaedra declares her love to Hippolyte, Theseus's son from a previous marriage.

お祭りを2日後に控えたフランス西南部の海辺の街ロシュフォールに、作曲家の卵のソランジュ（フランソワーズ・ドルレアック）とダンサー志望の妹デルフィーヌ（カトリーヌ・ドヌーヴ）という双子姉妹が暮らしていた。お祭の当日、旅芸人のエチエンヌ（ジョージ・チャキリス）たちに頼まれ、彼女たちは歌と踊りを披露する。