Part One, "The Last Christmas Dinner," is about the relationship between an old man and an old woman, both homeless. Part Two, "The Electric Floor Polisher," is an opera-like story of a woman who is obsessed with polishing her floors. Part Three is a musical interlude featuring Jeanne Moreau singing "When Love Dies." Part Four, "The Virtue of Tolerance," concerns an old man, his young wife, and how they come to terms when she has an affair with a man her own age.
Jeanne Moreau
Nino Formicola
Milly
Fernand Sardou
Françoise Arnoul
Marguerite Cassan
Pierre Olaf
Jacques Dynam
Jean Carmet
Dominique Labourier
Roland Bertin
André Dumas
Jean-Louis Tristan