The Counterfeiters

The plot revolves around Bernard a schoolfriend of Oliviers who is preparing for his bac discovering he is a bastard and taking this as a welcome pretext for running away from home He spends a night in Oliviers bed where Olivier describes a recent visit to a prostitute and how he did not find the experience very enjoyable After Bernard steals the suitcase belonging to Edouard Oliviers uncle and the ensuing complications he is made Edouards secretary Olivier is jealous and ends up in the hands of the cynical and downright diabolical Comte de Passavant who travels with him to the Mediterranean