In 1937, India was a part of the British Empire. French Ambassador Anne-Marie Stretter lives a solitary life in Calcutta with her husband. The monotony of her life is alleviated by countless illegal relationships with government officials, young men who find her an object of desire and curiosity. Expelled from the Ambassador's Palace, the Vice Consul weeps like a sick animal because of his love for her. Anne-Marie Stretter's dreary existence hasn't changed at all...