The Price to Pay

Jean-Pierre Ménard, a rich businessman, has everything he needs to be happy: a successful career, a beautiful wife, Odile, a sixteen-year-old daughter, a lovely apartment, and a fine car with chauffeur. He does, however, have one little problem: For several years now he and his wife have had separate bedrooms, and he feels alone, very alone. He no longer knows what to do, what to think. A little lost, he decides to confide in his chauffeur, Richard.