简介：Adirectorinhismidlife-crisiswantstostartanewmovieandheinvitestwelveactressesinhisflatinBrussels.Everyactresstriestoconvincehimofhertalent.Thedirectortriestoseducethematthesametimebutthisisnotwhattheywant,oratleasttheydonotwanttogivethisimpression.Whenthemoviestarts,thechosenonesdevelopintonastycharacterswhodonotlistentotheirdirector,f.i.Evelynequarrelswithhim.Themakingofthemovieturnsintochaoswithoneofthemalecharactersrunningafteroneoftheactressesintoariver.AtthesametimethedirectorhastomakeatraveltoBalitobringbackoneofhisfavorites:Gail.Themovieisfullofquotationsoffamouswriters(GuyDebord)andthetitleofthemovieisthetitleofabookbyLucienIsraël(LaJouisssancedel'Hystérique).Thedirectormakespublicorationsandexplainshisanalysisofcapitalism.Hiscallfortherevolutionispatheticanditmakesthesituationatthefilmsetevenworse...Likemostdirectorshetendstobeego-maniacalbuthischosenactressesdon'tacceptthis!…