A family,the father,a grumpy scientist,his beautiful wife, and their two children live in “La Maison Des Bories, a remote house in a hot sunny part of the Provence. There comes a young man Karl Stephan, hired as a private tutor, who falls in love with the mother (who falls for the teacher too).. They will become platonic lovers. Isabelle Durras is a modern princess of Clèves who favors duty -or her family here- over sex.
- Director: Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
- Casting: Marie Dubois, Mathieu Carrière, Maurice Garrel
- Executive Production: Parc Film, Pathé Consortium Cinéma, Sirius
- Distributor: Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique (CFDC)
