nicolas mallet be a failure . a teller in a bank and everyone walk all over him . then his friend and a writer who book no one like and have a plan to change his life . our hero tell his bos he be quit . he intend to spend the rest of his life make a great deal of money and sleep with a great many woman . and he manage to do just that . if it be not for the amount of death ( murder or suicide or natural cause ) in the film and this would be a farce . there be numerous jab at marriage and politics and journalism and . life . jean louis trintignant be a likable amoral rogue . romy schneider be at her most appeal . definitely worth a look .