Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel and Michel Piccoli star in this classic French drama co-written and directed by Luis Buñuel. Bored doctor's wife Séverine Serizy (Deneuve) hears of a brothel operating near her home and, struck by a sudden desire, goes there to offer her services in the afternoons. While there she encounters a wide range of characters, only to eventually run into trouble with gangster Marcel (Pierre Clémenti) and her husband's friend Husson (Piccoli) who has discovered her secret.