"Young Lulu struggles with authenticity as she seeks to
liberate herself from social stereotypes. She decides to leave her husband
Henri and run off with her lover Pierre at the insistence of her friend
Rirette. She goes through several stages of realisation as she sees that the
roles of wife, friend, and even lover are meaningless. However, she does not
have enough strength to use the resulting angst to become an authentic being,
so she finally decides to remain with her husband."
courtesy: the artist and the publisher