Although Mary (played by Isabelle Huppert) is now a mother of two children, she, who received little formal education since childhood, is still mental[Expand All]
Although Mary (played by Isabelle Huppert) is now a mother of two children, she, who received little formal education since childhood, is still mentally like a naive child. Mary's husband, Paul (Francois Cruese) (Played by ois Cluzet) is a soldier. Under the turbulent situation, he was sent to the front line to participate in the war and has not returned yet, leaving his wife and children to live a poor and hard life. Mary helped a woman have an abortion and discovered a business opportunity in it. In those days, abortion was illegal and assisting with an abortion was a capital crime. However, under the pressure of life and the temptation of money, Mary still took up this illegal and dangerous job. By chance, Mary met a man named Lucian (played by Nils Tavernier), and they fell in love at first sight, thus embarking on an immoral love affair. Unexpectedly, when Paul returned, he exposed their affair. Enraged, he reported all of Mary's actions to the police. What Mary was about to face was a death sentence.[Collapse]
