Set on the south coast of France in August, it portrays the shifting relationships between four very different characters who, as in the comedies of Marivaux, play games of love and chance. The girl, who seduces two of the men and resists the third, is called the collectionneuse.
On a summer day at the house of Rodolphe, a rich friend, Adrien and his fiance part on strained terms. She has to go and work for five weeks in London, while he chooses to spend the time at a house Rodolphe has rented