23歲的茱莉以優異的成績畢業，之後一直都只是做一些閒散的工作。她再也受不了，決定找一份真正的工作。在一次見工期間，她遇見了保羅。保羅只想靠自己的小聰明過活，只想活一天算一天。他慫恿茱莉與他一同到南部渡暑假。但遭茱莉拒絕，然後有日，在一時衝動下她放下一切去南部會他。 本片以令人恐懼的手法描寫年輕人如何面對經濟的不景氣。《有情飲水飽》屬於法國實驗電影中的自然主義類別，這類電影擅長於捕捉片中人物的情緒。導演伊莎貝薩爾卡以客觀的角度描寫企業世界中的人際關係，細膩地描寫了一個充滿理想的活潑年輕人每日所需要面對的妥協和屈辱。 Julie Bataille, 23 years old, an A+ graduate, lots of casual work. She’s had enough. She’s looking for a real job. During a job interview, she crosses paths with Ben. He’s decided to live from day to day on his wits and petty crime. He proposes that she come and spend the summer with him in the south. Julie refuses, then, one day, on an impulse, she dumps everything and heads away to join him. A dreadful portrait of a youth confronted with the economic crisis, Living on Love Alone is part of the naturalist movement in the French experimental cinema that excels at capturing the moods of its characters. Through a clinical description of human relationship in the corporate world, Isabelle Czajka finely introduces the compromises and daily humiliations a peppy young idealist has to put up with..