Arquivo

Julien is 40 years old, living in a house that has seen better days. He suffers from self-destructive impulses. He leads a life with no objective, mending old clocks of different shapes and sizes. On one particular visit to a client, he discovers a secret and proceeds to blackmail rich Madam X. She is a trafficker in antiques. On each visit to negotiate payment, the price is higher because she puts up a resistance to paying. Julien can not imagine the revenge Madam X has in store for him. He concurrently tries to revive an affair with beautiful, sensuous Marie, the woman of his dreams, that he has met again after some years. However, neither are as they were before. Although she is in love with Julien, Marie can not return his love. They move in to live together and independent Julien finds himself dealing with two women: he controls the life of one woman and is controlled by the other.