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In this romantic drama, a middle-aged gambler tells a casino croupier her life story. The story is told in flashback and chronicles the woman's romantic exploits with men. Though she was involved with many men, only one really touched her heart. He was a bartender who was tragically shot and killed during an attempted robbery. She later marries and has a daughter. Unfortunately she alienates herself from her daughter when she has an affair with her daughter's fiance. Her remorse is short lived. The film jumps back to the present with the woman leaving the casino on the arm of a handsome millionaire.

• Robert ThomasDirector
• Robert ThomasWriter

• Annie GirardotMarie / Marinette / Maryse / Marie-Paule young
• Marie BellElderly Marie-Paule
• Gérard BlainThe painter
• Bernard BlierJoseph
• Jean-Claude BrialyJacquot
• Blanchette BrunoyAngèle
• Claude DauphinMr. Oscar
• Sacha DistelRoger
• Daniel GélinRaymond
• Denise GreyMrs. Boudard mother
• Jane MarkenMrs. Alphonse
• Christian MarquandLucien Volard