Witty, elegant, erotic, melancholy: The place of women in society is viewed through the panorama of a fake world. A society lady in midlife crisis escapes her marriage with a younger lover, only to come to her senses soon and surrender him to a younger woman. A rake who thinks that he can get fresh meat and money for his aristocratic name is put in his place. A young man of distinction stumbles from one great love to the next, and a young daughter from a nouveau-riche family still believes in the one and only. It’s all beauty and glamour, full of waltzes, kitsch and sugar coating – with a splash of irony and yet full of truth. read less