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.
Solveig Dommartin
Jeanne
Emmanuelle Chaulet
Odette, ouvrière
Pierre Banderet
Pitiou, contremaître
Maurice Chevit
L'abbé Roussel
Philippe Clévenot
Lucien
Albert Delpy
Roger, permanent syndical
Catherine Hosmalin
Agnès, ouvrière
Henriette Palazzi
Marguerite, ouvrière
Yvette Petit
Jacqueline
Jean-Paul Roussillon
Bébert, gardien de la Bourse du travail
Henri Serre
Henri
Roger Souza
Gégé
Hélène Surgère
Superiorin
François Viaur
Guilbert, chef du personnel
