A young man learns just how much is truly fair in love and war in this purposefully outrageous comedy-drama. Paul (Thomas Dutronc) is a naïve student who has recently begun attending college in Paris. Paul has developed a furious crush on a fellow student and has spent two weeks trying to work up the nerve to speak to her -- only to see Fabio (Said Taghmaoui), one of his classmates, move in and lay claim to the girl, with seemingly no effort. Amazed, Paul asks Fabio what the secret is, and soon Fabio is giving Paul a crash course in the not-so-fine art of seducing women. A few months later, Paul has mastered Fabio's teachings and can bed nearly any woman he wants...but he soon finds he doesn't much care for them now, and has picked up a few other bad habits along the way.
by Mark Deming
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