Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and make her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dede, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dede's needs of money.
Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians.
The tumultuous relationship between a street singer and a prince.
