친구 혹은 애인, 친구이면서 동시에 애인 사이인 몬트리올 거주 학자들 간의 섹스, 사랑, 인생에 대한 익살맞고 풍자조의 대화를 중심으로 이뤄지는 탁월한 블랙 코미디. 그들 중 한 명은 지속적으로 간통관계를 갖고 있고 다른 한 명은 에이즈 환자, 또 다른 한 명은 이혼 후 가학 피학성 관계를 가져오고 있다.

Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual), Pierre (involved with a girlfriend) and Alain (a bachelor) discuss sex, the female body and their affairs with them. Meanwhile, their four female guests, Louise (Remy's wife of 15 years), Dominique (a spinster), Diane (a divorce) and Danielle (Pierre's girlfriend) are spending the time at a downtown health gym. They also discuss sex, the female body and, naturally, men. Later in the evening, they finally meet at the country house and have dinner. A ninth guest, named Mario, who used to know Diane, drops in on the group for some talk and has a surprise of his own.