Plot Summary:Emile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one thing, to be happy. Little by little he realizes that life in society is a matter of convention, lies and deception. When he has understood that cynicism rules the world, he decides to play by its untold rules and to take his revenge...
埃米尔·马吉斯，一个沉默寡言、愤世嫉俗的办公室职员，很想找个女朋友。他会因为一个错误而成为一个老处女的情人，杜万特小姐。此外，多亏了一位同事让她接手，粉红色的泡泡也成了她的主人。公务员加斯顿·伯瑟莱特把他当作朋友。他把他带到牧师那里，玛吉斯嫁给了他的大女儿霍滕斯。但她很快就厌倦了他，把尊贵的维克多·杜戈米埃当作情人。魔术师发现了他的不幸，想出了一个除掉霍滕斯和维克托的计划。