In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or flabby. One night, a homeless man sleeps in the foyer of her apartment house; she gives him a hot meal, then a place on the floor to sleep by her radiator, then she offers herself. She falls in love, giving him new life, clothes, a place to live. When he grouses that he must bar hop while she uses the flat for her work, she finds them a larger flat. He grows restless, seducing a manicurist and pressing her to prostitution. He's arrested for procuring, so Marie must decide what to do; he, too, must face the consequences of his choices.
as Marie Abarth
as Jeannot
as Sanguine
as Jean-François
as Mélissa
as Gilberte
as 2nd client
as Mr. Hervé
as Director of personnel
as 4th client
as inspecteur Marvier
as 1st client
as 3rd client
as Client
as Bérangère
as Passerby with a hat
as Client
as Woman in Shawl
as Cop at interrogation
as Woman of the World