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
as Marie Abarth
Gérard Lanvin
as Jeannot
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
as Sanguine
Olivier Martinez
as Jean-François
Dominique Lollia
as Mélissa
Dominique Valadié
as Gilberte
Jacques François
as 2nd client
Robert Hirsch
as Mr. Hervé
Bernard Fresson
as Director of personnel
Jacques Gamblin
as 4th client
Bernard Le Coq
as inspecteur Marvier
Mathieu Kassovitz
as 1st client
