A young composer is suffocating in his social and family life. He dreams of leaving and starting his life over somewhere else... Jacques goes on a tour of the provinces with a ballet troupe who dance to his music. They live in hotel rooms, train compartments, and dressing rooms where the excited dancers liven up the atmosphere. The girls, among themselves, describe their problems, experiences and hopes in their crude, colorful language. He falls madly in love with one dancer who is as distraught as he is. Maybe this is a way to find happiness again. But the tour comes to an end... It was just a 'brief encounter'. At the Gare de Lyon, Michèle, his wife, is waiting for him. Jacques lets Catherine go...

Marin Karmitz's avant-garde short film is a haunting tale about an alcoholic novelist facing a crippling case of writer's block.

影片讲述的是法国一个服装工厂里女工罢工的故事.工厂老板解雇了两名女工艾格妮丝和科莱特,这成为全厂女工大罢工的导火线.女工们由于长期压迫而积聚的怨愤终于爆发,她们占领了工厂,关押了老板,为争取自己的权益不断斗争.她们的斗争也引来了其他工厂甚至学生的声援…