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Au sortir de la guerre, Marjoline, une belle adolescente, arrive à Paris. Elle devient manucure dans un luxueux salon de beauté et épouse Daniel, jeune chercheur en horticulture. Elle est au comble du bonheur lorsqu’ils reçoivent en cadeau un appartement au confort moderne. Pour le meubler, elle se couvre progressivement de dettes, malgré l’opposition de Daniel. Son désir obsessionnel de consommer va mettre leur nouveau bonheur en péril.

Roses on Credit (2010)
113 min
A young couple marry in France in the 1940s and the film follows the arc of their marriage over the next decade. As France recovers from the trauma of the war, the wife finds herself increasingly caught up in acquiring material possessions while the husband prefers a more traditional lifestyle.