A young man, Guilaume, loses his job in Paris, and returns home to a seaside town, accompanied by Lina, a prostitute on the run from police.
Henri is attracted to Lina but is unable to handle the fact she was a prostitute; he gets drunk and hits a workmate who insults her, accidentally killing him.
[2] Variety called it "a sort of laborious version of And God Created Woman sans the snap and jolt of the latter.
"[3] Monthly Film Bulletin called it "a laborious romantic melodrama along the lines of And God Created Woman with a mussel-picking milieu but little else in the way of surprise.
"[4] Filmink called it " not a bad little movie, helped by location filming and a frank attitude to sex, and Lee looks terrific.