Octave Mirbeau

No início do século 20, nas províncias francesas, uma jovem camareira muito cobiçada por conta de sua beleza chamada Célestine, acaba de chegar de Paris para trabalhar para a família Lanlaire. Enquanto foge dos avanços de seu senhor, ela deve lidar com a rigorosa personalidade de Madame Lanlaire, que governa o lar com punho de ferro. Ao mesmo tempo, Célestine conhece Joseph, um misterioso jardineiro que exerce fascínio total sobre ela.

The story of a Antoine, a physician who, in 1888, was exiled to China due to his drug habit.

Após o estupro e assassinato de uma garotinha, camareira de uma família excêntrica muda de emprego e vai trabalhar com o homem que acredita ser o autor do crime. Ironicamente, se trata de ninguém mais, ninguém menos que seu noivo, e passa a reunir indícios que comprovem a autoria do crime.

Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr. Lanlaire is not a right choice: the house is firmly controlled by Madame Lanlaire, helped by the strange valet Joseph. Then she tries the neighbour, former officer Mauger. This seems to work. But soon the son of the Lanlaires comes back. He is young, attractive and does not share his mother's antirepublican opinions. So Celestine's beauty attracts Captain Mauger, young Georges Lanlaire, and Joseph. Three men, from three different social classes, with three different conceptions of life. Will Celestine be able to convince Georges of her sincerity?

With family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to celebrate the greatness of his culture ,threatened by Germany in the ongoing Great War.