The Lacemaker

A tender yet melancholic romance undone by class prejudice, told with intimate focus on two people caught between desire and social reality.

Pomme is a meek and mild French beautician whose life takes a fateful turn during a vacation to Normandy. She becomes the lover of middle-class literature-student François. The relationship sours when François takes her home to meet his parents, thanks in no small part to their differing social backgrounds.