In France, during the heyday of Rococo culture, it was common for upper-class daughters to be sent to convents at an early age to be taught chastity and good manners. Unlike these girls, Colette was a foundling who was taken in and raised in a convent, and was often treated coldly because of her low social status. "I don't want to live like this for the rest of my life..." Colette dresses as a man and escapes from the convent, but her life changes dramatically when she meets a traveling artist, Robert...