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.
Cast

Solveig Dommartin
Jeanne

Emmanuelle Chaulet
Odette, ouvrière
Anna Acerbis
Biquette, l'épouse de Gégé
Françoise Arnaud
Nini, ouvrière

Pierre Banderet
Pitiou, contremaître
Jean Besseau
Père André

Maurice Chevit
L'abbé Roussel

Philippe Clévenot
Lucien

Albert Delpy
Roger, permanent syndical
Velia Di Sabatino
Mado, ouvrière

Catherine Hosmalin
Agnès, ouvrière
Claudine Jegourel
Ouvrière

Henriette Palazzi
Marguerite, ouvrière

Yvette Petit
Jacqueline
Aurore Prieto
Renée

Jean-Paul Roussillon
Bébert, gardien de la Bourse du travail

Henri Serre
Henri

Roger Souza
Gégé
Brigitte Stefenelli
Soeur Cécile
Oswald Stefenelli
L'évèque

Hélène Surgère
Superiorin

François Viaur
Guilbert, chef du personnel
Edith Winkler
Yvonne, épouse de Lucien
Crew

Jean-Pierre Thorn
Director, Writer, Editor
Lorette Cordrie
Writer
Dominique Lancelot
Writer
Alain Debarnot
Editor
Denis Gheerbrant
Director of Photography
Christophe Giraud
Key Costumer
Montserrat Casanova
Costume Design
Agnès Laguerre
Makeup Artist
Dominique Hennequin
Sound

Pierre Excoffier
Sound

Julien Cloquet
Foley Recordist, ADR Recordist
Jacky Moreau
Original Music Composer
Edmée Doroszlai
Script Supervisor
Ferenc Radnai
Electrician