After discovering his wife cheats on him, Alexandre accidentally kills her. Worried that the police would not buy the accident, he decides to hide the truth. He only shares his secret with his daughter from a previous marriage, Lison.

One evening when Juliette and Alexandre return from the theater, the latter discovers by chance his wife's infidelity. An argument breaks out and Juliette leaves the house on foot in the countryside. Alexandre catches up in the car and insists that she come back with him. She ends up accepting, but accidentally falls from a bridge and kills herself before Alexander's eyes.—jlfischer