乘务员皮埃尔经过数天路程的颠簸，精疲力竭地回到家里。他刚躺到床上，一声声公鸡的啼叫声传入耳中，使他难以入睡。他气恼地爬起来，用西红柿、标枪投掷公鸡，无济于事。他索性跑到鸡笼前，巧妙地用绳子套住了公鸡。正当他准备采取行动时，鸡主人阿尔贝开门出来，兴奋地告诉皮埃尔，这是只英国斗鸡，好不容易才搞到手的。阿尔贝的夫人见皮埃尔凝视着斗鸡，误以为皮埃尔喜欢这鸡，便执意要把鸡送给皮埃尔。皮埃尔推辞不下，只好将鸡带回家。
皮埃尔再次被鸡啼声惊醒时，已是繁星满天的夜晚。他见上班时间已到，一跃而起，慌忙打电话叫出租车。下车时，皮埃尔趁出租司机不备之际，故意将鸡笼遗忘在车上，疾步向火车奔去。站长正焦急地等待皮埃尔，严厉批评他误点，然后交代了有关事项，特意关照车上有个没大人陪伴的小旅客卡布利尔需要他照顾。
火车开动了，出租司机急冲冲地赶来，把鸡送还给皮埃尔。皮埃尔万般无奈只...
Introspection d'un vieux couple qui s'aime et se dechire a l'occasion de la visite du fils cheri qui vient presenter son amie.
In this black comedy, Fred (Jean-Louis Trintingnant) works for an insurance company as a computer engineer. Fred is bored with enduring the trials of his shrewish wife, so, after using actuarial tables to calculate the most common means of death, he cleverly prepares the family bathroom and brings about her demise. For a while he is content with his new freedom, but then he rec...
