If Jean drinks, it is because he has permanently lost vision due to an accident. He and his brother Charles work for Minot, the manager of a striptease joint named 'The New Rêve'. It is in this context that Jean starts an affair with Lucie, a new stripper who has just joined the show. The two creatures, lost and confused, are attracted to each other and it looks as if a rich emotional relationship is born between the two misfits.