The plot, such as it is: Hélène and Lucien get trapped in the factory overnight. To keep warm, they have sex. But this is not romantic. Valois films the act from three fixed, Bressonian angles: a wide shot of the press, a close-up of Lucien’s sweating back, and a counter-shot of Hélène staring at the "gap" in the floor. During the act, she whispers not sweet nothings, but the falling stock prices of textile mills.
It was banned for .
And it asks: What are you using to fill it? Le Bouche-trou -1976-