Henri Troppmann is rich, sick, crazy, and evil. He is a self-satisfied creep who often and willingly cries, drinks, vomits, burps, and whore. He is a sexual rebel in the style of Don Giovanni, who loves to mistreat himself and others, pushing them to the brink of suicide. In hotels, restaurants, and bars in Barcelona, Paris, and London, Troppmann is driven from one despair and disgrace to the next, torn in lustful love between three women: the beautiful but worn-out Dirty, the macabrely ugly communist Lazare, and the foolishly and naively loving Xenia.