在18世纪的法国，女孩苏珊娜被迫违背自己的意愿宣誓成为修女。三位上级嬷嬷以完全不同的方式对待她，从母性的关心，到虐待狂的迫害，到同性的欲望。在这部忠实改编自启蒙哲学家丹尼斯·狄德罗(Denis Diderot)对宗教滥用的猛烈抨击的作品中，苏珊娜的美德给每个人都带来了灾难。
Philippe Clarence, a famous Parisian dressmaker, seduces his friend's fiancee. But, for the 1st time in his life, this is for real. The film is also a sharp picture of the fashion world. A philandering young dress designer plays fast and loose with the hearts of all the fair maidens he encounters, and leaves them in a Paris lurch. But when he meets the fiancée of his best frien...