The film’s climax is a 12-minute single take. Jean walks into the vault, surrounded by canisters labeled La Femme d'à côté and Le Dîner Perdu . He threads a projector with his “calm cut,” then lies down in the beam of light. As the peaceful images flicker across his face, his body begins to dissolve—frame by frame, pixel by pixel—until only the avi file remains.
The film’s true target is . Blier asks: What if men simply stopped performing their role as the perpetually desiring sex? The result is a war of attrition where everyone looks ridiculous. Critic Jacques Siclier called it “a misogynist’s nightmare and a misandrist’s proof.” Calmos.1976.DVDRip.XviD.avi
Slowly, Jean begins to crack.