From the Louvre to Buckingham Palace, to the gutters of Paris to the siege of La Rochelle… In a kingdom divided by religious wars and under threat of British invasion, a handful of men and women will cross swords and tie their fate to that of France.

From the Louvre to Buckingham Palace, to the gutters of Paris to the siege of La Rochelle… In a kingdom divided by religious wars and under threat of British invasion, a handful of men and women will cross swords and tie their fate to that of France.

遭丈夫抛弃的伊莉莎白为了独自抚养两个孩子，日复一日地工作。并在担任夜间广播节目主持人时，决定收养在那遇见的青少年泰露拉。

费莉西泰，拥有一颗简单、神圣、本原和终极的心，如同上帝创世之心。失恋后的她在寡妇欧班太太家找了一份佣人的活，但是无论她多么忠诚勤劳，却始终不能赢得女主人的信任…… 影片根据福楼拜同名短篇小说《简单的心》改编，并获得2009年雅克·普雷韦剧本奖的最佳文学改编作品奖。女主角由法国演技女王桑德里娜·伯奈尔出演，这也是她第二次饰演女佣角色，她以其充满野性和极富张力的演技，诠释了原作，即生命的精彩和人性的高贵。