Clelia, a young and talented photographer, is hired by a Canadian scandal-sheet press baron, Lucien Macroi, with a view to gilding his group image. A man of power, he is surrounded by a veritable court, ruled over by his mistress, Diana, and made up of people of dubious intention. In contrast to this milieu, Cleve, a 35-year-old editor, honest and concerned for a certain literary quality, falls head over heels in love with Clelia. Under the spell of his charming awkwardness, she agrees to marry him. However, her work leads her to meet Nemo, a young man on the fringes, a photographer who specialises in hard-hitting reportage...