France in the fifties. The teenage orphan Sylvie is put in an institution for "fallen" or endangered girls, subjected to harsh treatment by the bigoted nuns who run the institution like a prison. Sylvie befriends a girl who wants to escape.
Anna Mihalcea
as Sylvie
SoKo
as Denise
Bernadette Lafont
as Sylvie adulte
Marianne Basler
as Soeur Anastasie
Annie Grégorio
as Soeur Blandine
Mado Maurin
as Soeur Marie-Odile
Marie Berto
as Soeur Marie-Agnès
Anne Cuvelier
as Soeur Constance