Rosalie Varda is a costume designer, producer and actress. She is also the daughter of actor Antoine Bourseiller and director Agnès Varda. She was legally adopted by director Jacques Demy and became half-sister of actor Mathieu Demy.
Set against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike, a worker falls in love with the middle-class daughter of his landlady.
While shooting a film, the director becomes interested in the unfolding struggle of a young factory worker that has been laid off by a boss who did not like her union activities.
Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made.