Stephane Audran is Frederique, a wealthy woman with lesbian leanings, who on a whim picks up a young, attractive, impoverished Parisian sidewalk artist with the unusual name of Why (Jaqueline Sassard). They go to her vacation home in St Tropez and she gets introduced to her wealthy lifestyle. What complicates their relationship is the arrival of Paul (Jean-Louis Trintignant), a handsome and talented architect, who immediately makes love with Why; but soon finds he has more in common with Frederique, so the two of them become lovers. Paul shows a keen interest in having a bisexual menage a trois, but Frederique is determined to keep him for herself.

Beautifully shot, tautly edited and exceptionally stylish, LES BICHES is an intelligent examination of love, sexual compulsion and obsession.