1750, Louis XV reigns over France. The Marquis des Arcis, an assumed libertine, falls in love with Madame de La Pommeraye, an attractive widow withdrawn from the world. She resists him for y... Read all1750, Louis XV reigns over France. The Marquis des Arcis, an assumed libertine, falls in love with Madame de La Pommeraye, an attractive widow withdrawn from the world. She resists him for years, and finally gives in to her secret desire.1750, Louis XV reigns over France. The Marquis des Arcis, an assumed libertine, falls in love with Madame de La Pommeraye, an attractive widow withdrawn from the world. She resists him for years, and finally gives in to her secret desire.