Overview

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.

Top Cast

Solveig Dommartin

Jeanne

Emmanuelle Chaulet

Odette, ouvrière

A

Anna Acerbis

Biquette, l'épouse de Gégé

F

Françoise Arnaud

Nini, ouvrière

Pierre Banderet

Pitiou, contremaître

J

Jean Besseau

Père André

Maurice Chevit

L'abbé Roussel

Philippe Clévenot

Lucien

Albert Delpy

Roger, permanent syndical

V

Velia Di Sabatino

Mado, ouvrière

Catherine Hosmalin

Agnès, ouvrière

C

Claudine Jegourel

Ouvrière