under mysterious circumstance a strange guy ( well play by trintignant ) escape from some underground asylum . he find refuge with a couple of fringe people of 68 who seem to have retire to a tranquil life somwhere in the south of france . the strange visitor revives old dream and memory and represent new opportunity to make something more out of life . the couple and superbly play by philippe noiret and marlène jobert and have each their own reason to be interested and intrigue by the visitor . after a series of sometimes menace and sometimes hylarious event and always impregnate with a subdue tension and the movie end somewhere in the emptiness of some isolated beach . this be a very good movie . the image and the playing show a lot but also leave a lot to be guess by the watcher . it make a point ( about big brother who be watch you ) and be mysterious enough to remain full of tension .