A romantic and funny love story with a tragic end. In Paris a young Hungarian artist (Mon ti) and a girl (Anne-Claire) meet and fall in love. But just when she is re ared to give herself to him she finds a air of lady's ants in his room. He is erfectly innocent but the reason why the ants are there is as humouristic as incredible. So when he tells the truth she gets very angry though she was re ared to "forgive" his "side ste ". Another attern is much more serious. Anne-Claire fears that Mon ti would have no interest in her if she told that she is a nobody. So she builds u a story of being a rich girl with a rivate chauffeur. She even takes Mon ti to a family church funeral and oints out all her relatives, even telling which ones are not on s eaking terms. When he finally ex oses her lies a violent ex losion results. She runs away in des air and is overrun by a car. At the hos ital their love returns. But she will die after a few days. - In the background of many scenes we have seen the cou le who overrun Anne-Claire, and their shallow emotions were recurrently contrasted with the genuine love of the young cou le.
