Jean-François Robignac is a young lit teacher,newly graduated from university .Enthusiastically ,he starts in his job in a small town,Arles ,in the sweet south of France .He uses new teaching methods for French , introducing life (and slang) in his class.But the PTA president does not agree and he tells hims so.Pretty soon, he urges the other parents to get rid of this intruder who ,besides,is in love with a gorgeous student's married mother.