 In a provincial town, not very far from the train station, not too far away from the big city of Paris, exists a night club where small town tastes are challenged by sexually ambiguous performers who tease and agitate conservative thinkers. One evening, a group of friends, all of whom are merchants with stores on the same block venture into the netherworld of a nightclub known as "La nuit des Temps", where a brother and sister perform a provocative strip-tease drag number that hypnotizes Jean-Marie and his wife Nicole who run a dry cleaning shop in the town. After fifteen years of love and faithfulness, working at the dry cleaning has cemented their relationship into a routine, but consistent lifestyle. They are slaves dedicated to eliminating the minute stains on the community s clothing. Never a day of rest, never a vacation for this beleaguered couple. Then one day the brother of the strip tease act stumbles into the dry cleaners to remove a stain from his dress. Now, Nicole and Jean-Marie begin a new life, dry cleaning during the day and spinning out of control at night. At first, they let themselves be taken in by the excitement of the game, which later has dire consequences for the couple s sanity. The strong excitement of a new sexual partner ignites feelings in both Nicole and Jean - Marie and makes them see themselves in ways they cannot understand.