Blanche and Lea, an office worker and a student, meet and become friends in the middle class suburbs of Paris. Lea is going out with Fabien, but she is considering breaking up with him. Alexandre, Lea's attractive and clever buddy, has Blanche swooning, but she can't say a word to him. Blanche, who is still captivated with Alexandre, begins to get to know Fabien when Lea is away on vacation. Classic morality story from the pen of Rohmer.