Jean-Jacques Aumont

Jacob, an elderly man living in a luxurious villa near Geneva called Rosebud, has just changed his name for the third time and become a Swiss citizen. His granddaughter comes to visit to make a portrait of him. As she searches for a way to bring his story to life, Jacob abandons the project…

An eighty-five year old man, isolated in his luxurious house, tells the story of his economic success and the reasons for his exile in Switzerland. The multiple disputes between him and his acquaintances, and his relations to the place he now inhabits shape his narrative, which unfolds in alternating from one day to another, from one place to the other of his residence.

Shots of a sequence of a shooting: young girl who must shed tears.

An 87-year-old man oversees the interior renovations of his luxurious property. Satisfied with his new house, he invites various people to come over to visit. This film is the second part of a trilogy that offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of a highly unusual character.

Jean-Louis Comolli and Jean Narboni, former editors at Cahiers du Cinema, interview their former colleagues and fellow travellers during the "Red Years" of the journal between 1968 and1973.