Joa (Bulle Ogier), an archaeologist from Mexico, comes to Paris in search of her sister Anna (Mireille Perrier), of whom she is suddenly without news. Anna, a theater actress, was in the title role in Sade's "Justine" when she disappeared. The investigation leading Joa to the people who have known her sister, turns into an initiatory quest. Her journey, her stroll through a subterranean marginal Paris, leads also to the emergence of a new woman.

Cast

Bulle Ogier

Joa

Mireille Perrier

Anna

Isabelle Linnartz

Juliette

Pascal Greggory

Philippe

Hammou Graïa

Le libertin

Caroline Chaniolleau

Grégoire Oestermann

Rhoda Scott