Friends since infancy, two youngsters struggle as their platonic bond blossoms into romantic love with adolescence.

An escaped convict makes a remote gas station his safe haven. But soon the cunning, devious wife of the owner seeks a chance to use him to get what she wants.

Leading lawyer Andre Gobillot takes the case of Yvette, a young criminal. As he works on her defence, an unexpected romance blooms between them, only to be cut short by a tragedy.

Véronique gives a mathematics lesson to a dunce who answers the prepared questions with disconcertingly sound answers.