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Claudie, a young French woman, inherits her uncle's property in Algeria, much to the disappointment of her scheming cousins Diane and Manuel. On the ferry she meets and falls for Pierre, an idle young man who has squandered his inheritance and is on his way to beg from Christian, his rich but rough-and-ready uncle, who owns a neighbouring farm to Claudie's. Made to work on the farm by Christian as a loan condition, Pierre is soon a changed man, and proposes to Claudie. But when his Arab friend Zoubir invites the Europeans on a hunting party, Diane and Manuel see their chance to move against their cousin.

Claudie, a young French woman, inherits her uncle's property in Algeria, much to the disappointment of her scheming cousins Diane and Manuel. On the ferry she meets and falls for Pierre, an idle young man who has squandered his inheritance and is on his way to beg from Christian, his rich but rough-and-ready uncle, who owns a neighbouring farm to Claudie's. Made to work on the ...

又译：The Smiling Madame Beudet。    本片是探讨妇女权利的最早的影片之一。Germaine Dulac用尽当时一切的电影手段讲述一个年轻女性陷入无爱婚姻的故事，既有挫折，也有梦幻。后者则被公认为第一部超现实主义影片，影片的画面让人惊奇，这个寓言故事大胆探讨了性、欲念、伦理和道德的话题。不过，1930年后，Dulac转而到Gaumont公司从事新闻影片的创作，直到1942年去世。    Germaine Dulac，法国电影界第二名女性导演，单从成就上说，她比Alice Guy（世界上第一位女性导演）大得多。1915年，她和丈夫成立了一个小制片公司，开始导演一些小成本却具有高度创新性的影片。