Jacques Herrieu

Le chevalier Henri de Lagardère est sur le chemin de l'exil. Il s'arrête une dernière fois au château du Duc de Nevers afin de l'affronter en duel et découvrir sa botte secrète que l'on dit "imparable". Sur place, Lagardère apprend qu'un complot se trame contre le Duc. C'est son cousin, le prince Philippe de Gonzague, qui a décidé de le faire assassiner afin de s'approprier sa fortune. Lagardère combat les conspirateurs aux côtés de Nevers qui est blessé mortellement. Avant de mourir, il fait jurer à son ami chevalier de prendre soin de sa fille Aurore qu'il a secrètement eu avec Isabelle de Caylus. Des années plus tard, Lagardère revient en France, accompagné d'Aurore, afin de venger Nevers. Pour ne pas se faire reconnaître, il prend l'apparence d'un bossu...

Michel Lenoir, a successful interior designer, has reached the middle of his life without ever getting married. A bit blue over it he dreams one night of a beautiful young woman. When he wakes up he is persuaded that this is the girl meant for him. He can't help thinking about her, talking about her, drawing her figure, her face, her eyes on paper. He even gives her a name: Sylviane. Later on, as he is holidaying in Portugal, he notices a charming girl swimming in the pool he is in. No doubt about it : he has found Sylviane. He follows her, talks to her, woos her and they are soon married. However, back in Paris, Michel realizes that Betty, an articulate sports writer, is not the idealized woman his brain had conceived. Things go awry and the couple is about to separate when well-meaning friends intervene and open up Michel's eyes : he must base his love story on everyday reality not on idle dreaming.