Nantas (1925)

Nantas is a destitute young man but who is also eager for money and power. He goes to Paris where he hopes to make it but after a while, realizing that his efforts have failed, he decides to kill himself. But the very moment he is about to pull the trigger, someone knocks on his door. A baron offers him to serve as the father of his daughter Flavie, who is expecting a child out of wedlock. He accepts and begins climbing in society. He has a problem though, he has fallen in love with Flavie, his "wife", but she despises him and refuses to return his tender feelings. Rich and powerful but desperately loveless, Nantas once again contemplates suicide...