Since the suicide of his wife, Jacques Loursat has gone downhill. Estranged from his daughter, his lawyer's pratice in ruins, he consoles himself with drink. One night he is woken by a gunshot and catches sight of a young man fleeing the house. Isabelle, his daughter, claims to know nothing about it, even when he finds the body of a young man. Isabelle hangs around with a gang of spoiled young people who have no shortage of money, and is in love with Joel, an ambitious boy involved in drug dealing. Antoine, from a more modest background, is in love with her. When the police start investigating Joel's murder, Antoine becomes the ideal suspect.
Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Loursat
Renée Faure
as Fine
Cristiana Réali
as Isabelle Loursat
Sébastien Tavel
as Manu
François Perrot
as Commissaire Bient
Geneviève Page
as Bernadette
Sandrine Kiberlain
as Marie Maitray
Benoît Le Pecq
as Arnaud
Georges Benoît
as L'inspecteur
Robert Hossein
as Narrator (voice)
Henri Attal
as Un policier au tribunal (uncredited)
Olivier Proust
as Docteur Maitray
