Le Paquebot Tenacity

Bastien and S�gard decide to leave France for Canada. They wait for the departure of their ship in a hotel recommended by Hidoux, an old porter that they met at the station. They drink around town and Bastien meets �milienne in a bar while S�gard falls in love with the hotel servant girl Th�r�se. When the day of the departure comes, the ship's engine break soon after they leave the port. Forced to stay one more week in the Hotel, they find a temporary job. One night, Bastien offers Th�r�se some champagne and the two end up making love on the beach. When the engine is fixed, Bastien decides to stay with Th�r�se and writes a letter to S�gard about it. S�gard, disappointed, boards the ship alone.