We Won't Grow Old Together

Jean, an "old teenager of forty" and failed film-maker, is married to Françoise, a woman of his own age with whom he lives, probably more out of a need for protection than out of affection. For the past six years he has had a twenty-five year old mistress, Catherine, who is very much in love with him and whom he treats with little respect, even though he is attached to her. The film is the story of the death of a couple through clashes, arguments, separations and returns. Until, fed up, Catherine decides to marry a man more socially respectable than Jean, with whom she will leave, leaving Jean desperate.