
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.

Anouk Grinberg
Marie Abarth

Gérard Lanvin
Jeannot

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Sanguine

Olivier Martinez
Jean-François
Dominique Lollia
Mélissa

Dominique Valadié
Gilberte

Jacques François
2nd client

Robert Hirsch
Mr. Hervé

Bernard Fresson
Director of personnel

Jacques Gamblin
4th client

Bernard Le Coq
inspecteur Marvier

Mathieu Kassovitz
1st client

Dreams of Love
Dreams of Love

Coyote
Coyote

They Call Me Joy
They Call Me Joy

The Women's Club
The Women's Club

Just Friendship
Just Friendship

Émilie
Émilie

Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke
Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke

Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Looks That Kill
Looks That Kill

Sliver
Sliver

Tsotsi
Tsotsi

The Great Love
The Great Love