Life imitates artwork when two Manhattanites — pompous trainer Willie and quiet photographer Phil — turn into buddies after a thought-provoking screening of "Jules et Jim," Truffaut's basic movie a couple of decades-long ménage à trois. Quickly, the lads meet Jeanette, a sexually liberated southern transplant who promptly falls for each of them. Annoyed passions curdle into jealousy as Jeanette entertains amorous affairs with every within the ensuing years.