
An illiterate seamstress has a powerful fetish for silk which gets her into trouble. The psychiatrist sent to help her becomes fascinated by her case and when he returns to France from World War One they fall in love, an affair that can only end in tragedy.

as Gabriel de Villemer

as Marie Benjamin

as Cécile

as Madame de Villemer

as Aude

as Rosemonde Burel

as l'interne sténotypiste

as le modèle

as la vendeuse de foulards

as Docteur Bellec