The story begins in a public garden where Antoine, a young director, is preparing a film with two drama students. He is in love with one of them, but he does not dare to tell her that it is because he loves her that he makes films with her. Then to give the change, he speaks to her about his conceptions of the cinema.

Villa Beausoleil

Vincent, a young painter with no money, is hired by a group of bored bourgeois to paint a picture of the villa they spend the summer in Brittany. As he is offered to stay overnight, Vincent witnesses the habits of his employers, each more bizarre than the other.