ntury. The madam essentially owns the women: their expenses exceed earnings, they are in debt. They face problems of pregnancy, opium, age, and violent clients. One reads sociology at her peril. Occasionally, a client talks of marriage. There are also friendships and affection among the women. The madam is in a dispute with her landlord and calls on influential clients to help. There's a picnic one summer day, a wake, and an evening in masks. Have they expectations? In a coda, we watch a street scene in contemporary Paris.
París, principios del siglo XIX. Está ambientada en un lupanar, en el que un hombre desfigura el rostro de una prostituta. La cicatriz resultante dibuja en su cara una sonrisa trágica que la marcará de por vida.
