When Victorine Laurent joins the chorus of the grand Paris Opera ballet, she expects to become the mistress of a wealthy man; this is how young women without family survive in the decadent City of Light.
When she becomes the favorite of the Duke de Lyon, the.
Overnight, Victorine becomes the city\'s most sought after courtesan.
She agrees to pose for him, and the result is a painting that shocks Paris.
Yet when the artist Degas introduces her to Edouard Manet, her life changes dramatically.
When Victorine Laurent joins the chorus of the grand Paris Opera ballet, she expects to become the mistress of a wealthy man; this is how young women without family survive in the decadent City of Light