1824 in Issoudun. A bourgeois, Rouget, lives as a husband and wife, La Rabouilleuse, who holds him in her power. The old man's nephew, ex-Colonel Philippe Bridau of the Imperial Guard, swears to hunt the intruder.
Joseph Brideau
Mrs. Brideau
Colonel Philippe Brideau
Flore Brazier aka 'la Rabouilleuse'
Captain Renard
Commander Maxime Gillet
'La Vèlie'
Jean-Jacques Rouget
'La Cognette'
Orsanto