A provincial, Julie Moret, is hired as a servant in a Parisian bourgeois residence. She is courted by one of the Bouquinquant brothers, Léon, who does not take long to ask her to marry him. Alas, Léon turns out to be violent, alcoholic and lazy. Faced with her misfortune, Julie gets closer to her brother-in-law Pierre, the opposite of Léon, serious and hardworking, and they become lovers. The drama will rush when Julie becomes pregnant with Pierre.

Albert Préjean
Léon Bouquinquant

Madeleine Robinson
Julie Bouquinquant born Moret

Roger Pigaut
Pierre Bouquinquant
Abel Jacquin
Mona Dol
Madame Leclerc

Nicole Desailly

Louise Fouquet

Richard Francœur

Paul Frankeur
Commissioner

Juliette Gréco
Nun

Denise Kerny
Inmate

Paule Launay
Charles Lavialle
Monsieur Thomas

Louis Seigner
Investigating judge

Jean Vilar
Priest