Baseado no romance de Henri-Pierre Roché, este clássico da Nouvelle Vague narra um triângulo amoroso animado entre dois amigos, um francês e um alemão, e uma mulher sedutora, objeto de sua mútua obsessão, durante 25 anos.
Sob a Ocupação nazista na França, Cora substitui o marido, morto, no comando de um setor da Resistência. Uma noite, ela conhece Bernard, um jornalista suíço e simpatiza com ele.
At Christmastime, the love affairs of five clothing models working for Pierre Roussel, a renowned Paris fashion designer. Marlène hesitates between two suitors. Blanche, who loves Jean, Roussel's son, wants him to talk to his father about their relationship. Catherine learns that her lover has a wife and two kids. Jeannette throws herself into the arms of an Oriental prince. In despair the fifth one attempts to commit suicide...
A married industrialist maintains three mistresses. On the instructions of his wife, the tax inspector seizes the small notebook where he records his illegal dealings. After a stormy marital explanation, the industrialist decides to reduce his costs by getting rid of his mistresses and expresses the intention of returning to legality. But he realizes that everyone, even his wife, prefers the old situation, fraud and mistresses, thanks to which everyone found his little profit.
Film in two eras.1st era: They are not angels. Chronicle of a Free French parachute training camp during the Second World War. 2nd era: Terre de France. A group of paratroopers landed in Brittany sabotages the German installations.