L'Etrange Mme X

A young working class man Etienne believes he has found the perfect woman in Irène, a beautiful, affectionate, loving partner who appears to be devoted to him. But Irène is not the simple chambermaid she pretends to be - she is in truth the wife of a wealthy society man. She is content with her double life, the idyllic romance with Etienne and the comfortable bourgeois life with her husband Jacques, until she becomes pregnant by Etienne. When the baby is born, Etienne presses her to marry him, and she reluctantly agrees. But their romance is ill-fated. Etienne's plans to set up his own business are ruined and then, on New Year's Eve, the baby falls grievously ill. Desperate, Etienne hastens to the mansion where Irène claims to work...