A team of documentary filmmakers comes to make a film at the Brussels
Academy of Dramatic Arts. The director, George Keller, has the filmmakers
attend the class of his star teacher,
Pierre Radowsky, who has devised a
daring new acting method. However,
Radowsky soon proves to be a quick-tempered, lecherous opportunist. While
the cameras are rolling, he aggressively approaches a young recruit,
Léonore, sexually. When the film clip is shown on the television news, it
creates a scandal. To defuse the problem, Keller calls upon famous actor
Léopold, a former student of Radowsky, to persuade the media that it was
only theatre.