a lounge. The man begins to tell Joyce that Cécile and her boyfriend are involved in a terroristic plot, with an arsenal of guns possibly stored at the estate. Joyce motions to Anna, unbeknownst to him sitting some distance away at the bar, so as to indicate that both are catching up to his ruse. However, he escapes any confrontation. The man turns out to be Thomas, a policeman investigating Cécile's boyfriend. He has been using aliases and invented backgrounds in an effort to get into the women's estate, which he believes will reveal a key to incriminating evidence of a judge's wrongdoings. The key is more than proverbial, it fell down Anna's chimney one night and was taken in secret by Lucia. The film turns to the unhappiness and domestic strife the women encounter in their everyday lives, focusing largely on Claude. Claude seems to suffer from borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, and gender dysphoria. She is in love with a woman although the love is unrequited. Thomas meets with Claude and he introduces himself as an illicit art dealer. He is able to take advantage of Claude and has sex with her at the estate in order to look for the key. Unable to find the key, he continues his sexual relationship with Claude. One evening, Claude spies on Cécile and sees her together with her boyfriend for the first time. Claude later watches a news broadcast and learns that Cécile's boyfriend has been arrested and charged with murder. However, the charge may be false and motivated by his failed whistleblowing attempt against the aforementioned judge. Despite her moving out of the estate, Cécile continues to attend acting class but the quality of her performance has declined after the arrest of her boyfriend. However, when she learns that her boyfriend has escaped police custody and is on the lam, her acting improves. Constance cancels class after the news of the escape is shared. It is later implied that Constance may have been complicit with in prior criminal wrongdoings, resulting in her later arrest by plainclothes policemen and subsequent disbandment of the theater. Cécile attempts to find the key, realizing its importance to vindicating her boyfriend, but prematurely gives up. Thomas becomes far less cautious with his encounters at the estate in his efforts to find the key. Thomas reveals himself as a policeman to Anna, Claude, Joyce, and