Pierre is a mixed-up 17-year-old who, caught in the turmoil of adolescent
awakening, develops an obsessive interest in a 40-something mathematician
named Nadia. Alone and unloved, the latter feels her life is falling
apart and she resorts to alcohol in an attempt to hold at bay the destructive
impulses to which she is increasingly prone. Pierre seems to understand
nothing of the unfortunate woman's suffering but, seeing she is in distress,
he does his best to comfort her. As their relationship develops, it
becomes increasingly ambiguous and the two confused people become ever more
dependent on each other. Then, one day, Pierre notices a young man,
Fabrice, on a bus. He feels himself drawn to the stranger and before
he knows it he realises he is in love for the first time...