Jolanne slowly learns to arrange with her new life as a prostitute in Mahé, befriends the other prostitutes, and has the vice-governor of the city among her exclusive clients. Finally she takes over the management of the brothel. Under her leadership, the situation of the women living and working there improves. When a regiment of the French army arrives on the shipping route in Mahé, she discovers her old friend Gabriel among the prisoners brought along. Also on board is the policeman Laroche (Pascal Demolon), bribed by her scheming half-brother Philippe ...
Jolanne slowly learns to arrange with her new life as a prostitute in Mahé, befriends the other prostitutes, and has the vice-governor of the city among her exclusive clients. Finally she takes over the management of the brothel. Under her leadership, the situation of the women living and working there improves. When a regiment of the French army arrives on the shipping route in Mahé, she discovers her old friend Gabriel among the prisoners brought along. Also on board is the policeman Laroche (Pascal Demolon), bribed by her scheming half-brother Philippe ...