Pierre Fabre

Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.

In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Wehrmacht.

A sailor has a brief affair with a young secretary.

Lucien Sabatier is a police inspector. One night, while he is on his round, he retrieves a young girl ejected from a car. This meeting with Aline, a 17-year-old orphan, will be decisive for the rest of her life.

They are both over thirty and live in Montmartre. Jean-Luc is a cabinetmaker and Mathieu a sculptor. But these are more social reasons than real jobs because they both live more for drinking and running after girls.