猎人们聚餐时,瓦尔纳托伯爵回想起他年轻时的一段经历.他千方百计地把女仆罗斯搞到手,可罗斯的意外怀孕使他不得不把她嫁给了声名狼藉的波梅尔,还赔送了不少财产.受尽波梅尔母子欺凌的罗斯依然对瓦尔纳托不忘旧情,最终在众人漠然的注视下死去...婴儿也夭折.瓦尔纳托恶习不改,又向新女仆展开攻势一切依旧....
Young, handsome, dashing but cynical, Octave Mouret arrives in Paris, determined to conquer the belles of the capital. His first attempts are not too successful though as he is rebuffed by Valérie Vabre, the neurotic wife of the landlord of the block of flats he is accommodated in. As for the affair he starts with Caroline Hédouin, the married owner of "Au Bonheur des Dames", t...