Les Histoires d'amour finissent mal... en général (Love stories generally end up badly)

Zina, 20 years old, is an usherette at a Paris theatre. She intends to marry Slim, a taxi driver who hopes to become a lawyer. She is at the same time innocent and a liar, a kleptomaniac and generous. She is insatiable. She hungers to be spoken to, to be desired, to be loved. When she meets Frederic, the star of the play at the theatre, she begins to dream: why shouldn't she be an actress too? Why shouldn't she have Frederic without giving up Slim? Why can't she have the best of both worlds?