Monique is an ingenue,a clueless girl,who believes in true love ,for her Fiancé is a handsome man ,and anyway at the time (early twentieth century) ,marriage is the only thing a decent girl must long for. When she discovers her future husband has a lover,she rebels against her bourgeois family and their money match :she will lead a free wild life .She will live like a man .Soon she becomes the toast of the Gai Paris,sleeping with all the men around ,and even with a woman.