General Dumont discovers his daughter Agnes has written a scandalous novel and wants to send her to a convent. Instead, she escapes to Paris, planning to live with her brother, a struggling artist. However, they get into trouble and Agnes needs money, which she can earn by winning a grand prize in an amateur striptease contest being covered by her boyfriend, a reporter.
Plucking the Daisy
In the heart of Paris, a schoolgirl's simple actions spark a fierce passion and obsession among the city's most distinguished thinkers, unleashing a chaotic sequence of events.