1938 - 2018: Eighty years after the Promulgation of the Fascist Racial Laws: an important and unfortunately very topical anniversary. Eighty years ago, Italian population, who had not a tradition of anti-Semitism, was pushed by the fascist propaganda into accepting the persecution of a minority, which had been living in Italy for centuries.

In Renaissance France, a young doctor falls madly in love with Marie-Blanche, who is afflicted by the venereal disease syphilis. Because of this disease, for which no vaccine has yet been found, the young doctor cannot caress and love the girl without being threatened with certain death.

讲述了两个年轻女子的悲剧故事。她们一个是贵族小姐，一个是家庭女仆。命运迫使她们生活在一起，在逐渐了解对方的过程中，她们之间产生了一种超乎友谊的感情。在与对方的接触中，她们了解了自己：对爱的渴望与包容，自身的弱点和牺牲的勇气。她们意识到由于社会的桎梏，她们不得不承受来自外界的压力。然而，为了保护自己，两人团结起来，不惜进行极端的反抗。尽管此片以18世纪为时代背景，但仍具有现代意义。因为它反映的是永恒的主题和原始的情感。