Love Is Gay Love Is Sad

In a culdesac in the FaubourgSaintAntoine Leon shares two rooms with his sister Marie In one he receives his clients he is a tailor In the other Marie receives her own she is a clairvoyant Leon was happy until he learned what Marie was hiding from him She is actually a prostitute and Maxime her supposed fiancé is her pimp On the same day Leon also discovers love in the form of Arlette a provincial young woman picked up by Marie