A young musician (David) moves to Paris and shares a flat with a young woman (Anne). Anne is a quite forthcoming woman, but both pretend not to be in love with one another as Anne is in love with one of her customer (who is not seen during the movie) and David is in love with one of his student (Julie).
Individual love stories progress, mix, and are made more complex by the apparition of Julie's true love (Julien).
The story is not credible at all, of course. None of the character seem to be really attuned with themselves. On the other hand, all are deeply sympathetic and the clumsiness of David and Anne is very funny and (I find) touching.
The result is a story of marivaudage between scrupulous peoples that are overwhelmed by what is happening. A lot of clumsy self-analysis is being thrown in, for a result that looks like a movie made by a "comic" Rohmer.
I loved it, but then I do love Rohmer's movies, which might not be everyone's cup of tea.
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