In the Louis XIV era of the 17th century, a young girl named Marches (Sophie Marceau) from a dirty and chaotic town moved the Moliere troupe who came to perform there with a beautiful dance. Marches followed the troupe to Paris and began to dream of becoming a world-famous actress. However, the road to becoming an actress was not as smooth as she imagined. Most of the time, she could only play a dull and stupid mute, and had to sell her body in exchange for the opportunity to perform. The poet Racine (Lambert Wilson) and the court nobles took a fancy to Marches while watching a play, so she got the opportunity to perform for King Louis XIV. She met Racine and the two gradually developed feelings. Marches began to hesitate between the troupe and Racine, and finally decided to perform Racine's tragedy, which was a great success and won the favor of the king. But when she performed again, she fainted due to illness. The maid who replaced her not only broke the agreement between her and Racine on the role of the play, but also made her doubt her own value...