Jeanne is a woman who is driven by her very active conscience. She attempts to assuage her idealistic bent by trying out life as a nun, but this doesn't work out. After she leaves the convent, she takes a job at a factory, where the callousness of management spurs her to become a labor activist. Her efforts are marked by great persistence and fervor, but she lacks any kind of diplomacy or persuasiveness, and as the years progress, she manages to alienate everyone in her life. By the end of the film, there is only one way that she can see to resolve the horrible situation she finds herself in.
as Jeanne
as Odette, ouvrière
as Biquette, l'épouse de Gégé
as Nini, ouvrière
as Pitiou, contremaître
as Père André
as L'abbé Roussel
as Lucien
as Roger, permanent syndical
as Mado, ouvrière
as Agnès, ouvrière
as Ouvrière
as Marguerite, ouvrière
as Jacqueline
as Renée
as Bébert, gardien de la Bourse du travail
as Henri
as Gégé
as Soeur Cécile
as L'évèque
as Superiorin
as Guilbert, chef du personnel
as Yvonne, épouse de Lucien
