Three black militants kidnap the waiters in an Italian restaurant in London. Soon the victims befriend their kidnappers.

After a robbery gone awry, a young man breaks into an apartment and takes a wheelchair bound girl hostage.

Marguerite receives as a gift from a filmmaker friend: a very modern, automatic camera, complete with remote control. Her life will change dramatically, as the machine reveals to her not only her husband's betrayal with her best friend, but also the desolation of her own existence.