Marthe Gottie

남편과 아는 사이인 트럭 운전수와의 운명적인 만남에 의해 조용하게 그러나 점차로 뜨겁게 타오르는 여인의 정열이 이윽고 남편의 사고라는 사건을 불러일으킨다. 전혀 표정이 없는 테레즈의 얼굴에 슬픔의 자국이 선명하게 남겨진다.

Paris, during the winter after its Liberation: Jean Diego meets up with his friend Raymond Lecuyer again. A tramp predicts Jean will meet the most beautiful girl in the world, and that same evening Jean meets Malou. But he soon discovers that her brother Guy was the one that gave his friend Raymond away to the Gestapo...

A young couple, Renée and Pierre, take one night a room at the Hôtel du Nord, in Paris, near the canal Saint-Martin. They want to die together, but having shot at Renée, Pierre lacked the courage to finish the job and fled. Another customer, Monsieur Edmond, a procurer, rescues her. When Renée goes out of the hospital, she is hired as a waitress at the hotel. Monsieur Edmond falls in love with her, but Renée is still thinking of Pierre...