A young journalist ,Sylvia,has to interview a writer,Claude Chatel, whose success is due to his misogyny.She passes herself off as her best friend Micheline's secretary,and pretends she is persecuted by her bossy employer.Thus she wins him over ,because he is too pleased to criticize an unkind socialite.Little by little, Claude and Sylvia feel something which looks like love between each other.A photograph is taken ,during a tender moment,and is published in Sylvia's magazine.