漂亮的塞尔吉

为了养病，青年瓦杨（让-克劳德·布里亚利 Jean-Claude Brialy 饰）回到了阔别已久的故乡小镇萨尔堂，在那里，瓦杨和幼年的玩伴塞尔日（热拉尔·布兰 Gérard Blain 饰）重逢了。让瓦杨没有想到的是，曾经内敛温驯的塞尔日，如今却成为了粗鲁冷酷的卡车司机，这巨大的变化让瓦杨百思不得其解，瓦杨希望能够帮助塞尔日重新找回温柔善良的一面。 　　通过跟踪塞尔日，瓦杨得知他和妻子伊文娜（米谢勒·梅里茨 Michèle Méritz 饰）之间的关系十分紧张，尽管伊文娜腹中怀着塞尔日的骨肉，但塞尔日依然对其不闻不问十分冷淡。与此同时，塞尔日还有一个名为马莉（伯纳蒂特·拉方特 Bernadette Lafont 饰）的情人。Francois comes back to his home village in France after more than a decade. He notices that the village hasn't changed much, but the people have, especially his old friend Serge who has become a drunkard. Francois now tries to find out what happened to him and tries to help him.