The Affair of the Necklace

Comtesse de la Motte, orphaned at an early age, is determined to reclaim her noble title and the home taken from her family when she was a child. When she is rebuffed by Marie Antoinette and fails to achieve her goal through legal channels, she joins forces with the arrogant, well-connected gigolo Rétaux de Villette and her own wayward, womanizing husband Nicholas de Lamotte. They concoct a plan to earn her enough money to purchase the property.