Nadine Ballot is suspended from school for a day for not paying attention. She spends the day wandering around Paris and talking to men she meets.
First is Jean-Claude Darnal, a university student who hits on her pretty hard. She tries to convince him to run off with her immediately, but he (quite reasonably) won't.
Next is Modeste Landry, a young African immigrant she knows. They wander around a science museum while he convinces her that she really doesn't understand the "adventure" she was seeking with Darnal.
Finally, she meets older research scientist Jean-Marc Simon who takes her home, feeds her whiskey and talks about the relationship between success, wealth and power.
A fairly short Parisian ethnographic experiment by Jean Rouch where the participants are clearly playing loose variations on themselves and letting their perspectives on life bump into each other.
First is Jean-Claude Darnal, a university student who hits on her pretty hard. She tries to convince him to run off with her immediately, but he (quite reasonably) won't.
Next is Modeste Landry, a young African immigrant she knows. They wander around a science museum while he convinces her that she really doesn't understand the "adventure" she was seeking with Darnal.
Finally, she meets older research scientist Jean-Marc Simon who takes her home, feeds her whiskey and talks about the relationship between success, wealth and power.
A fairly short Parisian ethnographic experiment by Jean Rouch where the participants are clearly playing loose variations on themselves and letting their perspectives on life bump into each other.
