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Thirty-four year old engineer Jean-Louis has just started a new job in Clermont. He leads a relatively solitary life not knowing anyone in town besides his work colleagues, he who has made a conscious decision that they should not become his de facto friends just because they work together. His choice not to socialize in town is due also in part to his situation and needing to make the long daily commute to/from Ceyrat where he currently lives. He has had his fair share of women over the course of his adult life, he now choosing to adhere more closely to his Catholic beliefs in approaching romantic and sexual relationships with women solely in the goal of love and marriage. Although not knowing her or having talked to her, he believes the pretty blonde he sees at church at Sunday morning services is the woman destined to be his wife. Within this situation of his new life, he has lately been reading the writings of Blaise Pascal, the mixture of mathematics and Catholicism in particular which he feels applies to his life. One day just before Christmas, he runs into Vidal, an old college friend he hasnt seen in fourteen years, Vidal now a Philosophy professor at the college. Through the course of getting reacquainted over the next couple of days, Vidal invites Jean-Louis over to his friend Mauds apartment the day after Christmas. Maud is a recently divorced pediatrician, and mother to a young adolescent daughter, Marie. Much of Jean-Louis, Vidal and Mauds discussion that evening uses Pascal as a jumping off point, it veering into his philosophies in relation to sex and love, Vidal and Maud who have a different view than Jean-Louis in being atheists. This night, which Jean-Louis learns was not by accident on Vidals part, has the potential to reshape his life as he would have to admit his attraction to Maud, who is not the theoretical of the perfect mate for him. If he does stay true to his thoughts of the blonde, he may find that a happily ever after with her is not a guarantee, she who may have some baggage of her own.
Convinced he has found his soulmate in a crowded church during Sunday mass, devout Catholic and unmarried engineer Jean-Louis follows young Françoise, a blonde, attractive perfect stranger. Then, one evening, Jean-Louis runs into estranged old friend Vidal, and as one thing leads to another while discussing the nature of politics and religion, the solitary engineer finds himself having to stay the night with Maud, a beautiful, sophisticated divorcee. However, as their late-night conversation turns into a thoughtful philosophical discussion, the question remains: can Jean-Louis resist temptation for the sake of lovely Françoise, the kindred spirit he has never met?
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis
Françoise Fabian
Maud
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Françoise
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Vidal
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Priest
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Blonde Friend
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Marie
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