Gerard, a young man from a "good family" dreams of becoming an actor. To do this, he follows everywhere his sister Frédérique who is infatuated with cinéma vérité.
Two French paras who had lived through deadly situations in Algeria, meet again in civil life. Frapier is a newspaper reporter, and one day finds his friend Porte - surrounded by the police...
The experiences of a young Senegalese boxer as he trains for a fight in Paris and tours the city for the first time. He visits a fortune-teller, takes a boat ride with a Japanese girl, talks to a blind masseur, and goes to a nightclub.
This is NOT a documentary. It's much more. A very interesting mixture of filmed scenes with J-P Belmondo and archival footage regarding cultural aspects of all kind around Paris, starting ...