The protagonist is carmen x, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. she asks her uncle jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. during the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. the film intercuts between carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform beethoven.