In the 1930s, Truffaut plays a widower Julien who obsesses about his dead wife, having a room as a shrine, thinking he is keeping her memory alive where everyone else has moved on. His obsession with death also stems from the horrors he witnessed as a soldier in WWI. He meets a young woman who feels similarly about her dead father, just not as obsessed as he is. Julien's friend, recently widowed, remarries quickly, which stirs up Julien's anger so much he basically ends their friendship. Basically he compares his friend's lack of love for his dead wife to his own obsession.
Through his friendship with the young woman, she convinces him to reconsider. Julien also appropriates an abandoned chapel and displays photos of all the people he has known, who are now dead, in order to keep their memories alive. He intends his own picture to be displayed there when he dies.
The story has a ghostly sort of vibe to it. I find Truffaut the actor to be a bit emotionless, despite the passion he is supposed to feel. Baye was better and gave the story more to connect with instead of the strangeness of Truffaut's character.
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