this movie be so complex that it can be give any description and still roll with it . you have a insecure and troubled and fascinate main character ( play by jean pierre léaud ) who be trap between two ( no and three ) woman . we listen to his social and philosophical and moral idiosyncrasy in interminable monologue and we see him work his magic around the three woman that he love . this could be the premise for a fowl movie and full of rigid and cold and uninteresting commentary . yet director jean eustache manages to keep it fresh and ironic and witty . be such a long movie and one can not but burst into laugh when and after 2 hour of speak politely and jean pierre léaud all of a sudden scream on the phone while he remember a cheesy line from a movie . this kind of situation be purely cinematographic and can not be fully restore in a commentary . nor can someone restore the tragic and painfully beautiful monologue of françoise lebrun towards the end of the movie . 3 and half hour and worthing every minute .