خلاصه داستان : « فرانسوا » ( بریالى ) ، دانشجوى الهیات ، براى گذراندن دوره‏ى نقاهت بیمارى سل از پاریس به دهکده‏ ى زادگاهش بازمى ‏گردد . او با دوست دوران کودکى خود ، « سرژ » ( بلن ) ، رو به ‏رو مى ‏شود که با همسر باردارش ، « ایوون » ( مریتس )...

François returns to his village after a long absence. He finds his friend Serge who has married Yvonne, and has developed an alcohol problem after the death of their stillborn child. Serge has become an angry, bitter figure not unlike the roles of James Dean, refusing to face reality and adulthood and François must help him.