Isabelle Linnartz

A young Parisian in quarrel with his father goes to join his uncle who runs a sawmill in the provinces.

Joa (Bulle Ogier), an archaeologist from Mexico, comes to Paris in search of her sister Anna (Mireille Perrier), of whom she is suddenly without news. Anna, a theater actress, was in the title role in Sade's "Justine" when she disappeared. The investigation leading Joa to the people who have known her sister, turns into an initiatory quest. Her journey, her stroll through a subterranean marginal Paris, leads also to the emergence of a new woman.

두 명의 젊은 여배우는 상류층의 한 감독으로부터 연극의 배역을 의뢰받는다. 하지만, 그들은 그의 초대에 응한 후 계약서에서 이상한 사항을 발견하게 된다. 그들이 리허설 동안에는 그의 거대한 저택에 함께 살아야 한다는 것인데...

The marquess of Grillo is a good-natured, clever and women-loving man who is always inventing stories and cracking all types of jokes. The film tells the story of his life.