F as in Fairbanks

André Fragman nicknamed Fairbanks after his childhood idol by his film projectionist father returns home from military service He meets and falls in love with Marie an aspiring actress who is rehearsing for a stage production of Alice in Wonderland All his attempts to find a job and a way out end up in failure his friends Étienne and JeanPierre are powerless to help him and the dreamy yet desperate hero loses his mind