一个男孩因为向父母讨要零花钱失败，去当了自己的手表，却换回一张500元法郎的假钞。之后，这张假钞在很多人之间转手，最后落到了一个叫伊文（克里斯琴·佩蒂 Christian Patey 饰）的年轻人手中。伊文试着去餐馆花掉这张假钞，但被服务员发现了。警察认为他参与了假钞贩卖案而逮捕了他，但法官念他初犯，没有给他判刑。伊文释放之后，丢了工作。没有了钱，他只好和朋友去银行抢劫，却又一次栽在警察手里，被抓...
The last year of life of the Italian-French painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) who died with 36 years, was played by Gérard Philipe, who was lethally sick during the shooting of this movie and died...