Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love, but they're also playing with fire by dabbling in heroin. After Louis overdoses the pregnant Mousse flees Paris for a coastal house, where she is later joined by Paul's gay brother Paul. 'Le Refuge' largely charts the interaction between the two.
A long romantic summer is had in this Rohmeresque take by one of the lead directors of the new French new wave.