Charles (Antoine Monnier), a quietly imperious sensualist of blazing intelligence, lives idly in a bare garret and does little but brazenly chase women.

NEWYORKER: The Devil Probably

He was a Rabelaisian sensualist, not a Balzacian crook.

NEWYORKER: L��?tranger

The setting is a shabby estate presided over by Milou (Michel Piccoli), a genial man in his sixties who lives the life of a lazy country sensualist: he keeps bees, browns in the sun, and gropes the housekeeper.

NEWYORKER: May Fools