In the well-to-do suburbs of a small town, a group of pretty average, well-adjusted 16- and 17-year-olds turn their after-school hangouts into group hook-ups and start a swinging party craze in their school.

With the help of a young woman, a chef who's been sacked by his master finds the strength to free himself from life as a servant and opens the first restaurant in 1789 France.