It was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival where Anouk Grinberg won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.

One cold night she sees a homeless man asleep at the foot of the stairs and, struck by his plight, asks him up to her apartment.

Jeannot likes the independence, the money, and the sex with Marie, but is lonely mooching around town while she is entertaining clients in the apartment.

Her first client happens to be a police inspector investigating vice rings and Jeannot ends up in jail.

With the electricity cut off and Sanguine due to deliver at any moment, Marie decides to go back to prostitution.