In a French seaside town, at a boarding house for civil servants recovering from surgery and maladies, the six male residents' lives change dramatically when two women arrive: Catherine, lively, sexually liberated, willing to kiss, dance, and sleep with the men, and Leonie, reserved, formal, conservative. Leonie finds herself attracted to Leon, a Belgian who was a mercenary in Katanga in 1964, wounded and carrying psychological scars as well. The other men continually play practical jokes on Leon, some of them cruel. As Leon courts Leonie, his horrid mother brings him emotional distress as do his memories of war. Can the two of them get past these obstacles?
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Cast
Jacques Brel Léon
Barbara Léonie
Danièle Evenou Catherine
Fernand Fabre Antoine
Louis Navarre Armand Ceel Pascal
Serge Sauvion Serge
François Cadet Jules Luc Poret Henri
Jacques Provins Grosjean Catherine Bady Madame Grosjean
Simone Max Léon's mother
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