Medical student Philip fall in love with Mildred, a waitress. Although she is a flirt, they have a love affair. But when Philip is told about her constant infideliy, they break up. Mildred quits her job and becomes a prostitute. But Philip is still in love with her. Written by Mattias Thuresson In Paris, the clubfooted aspirant painter Philip Carey is advised by an acquaintance to give-up his artistic ambition since he would be a mediocre artist. Philip joins a medical school in London using his inheritance to pay schooling and to have a simple but comfortable life. When he meets the waitress Mildred Rogers in a restaurant, the shy Philip has a crush on her but she rejects him. Philip stalks Mildred and dates her; however the easy woman scorns him. When Philip proposes Mildred, she tells him that she is going to marry her lover Mille, leaving the brokenhearted Philip obsessed for her. He tries to move on, dating the intellectual Norah Nesbitt in an unrequited love. However, when Mildred returns alone and pregnant, Philip lodges her at home. Sooner Mildred becomes lover of Philip's best friend Griffiths and leaves Philip again. When Philip finds Mildred prostituting on the red light district, he brings Mildred and her baby to live with him. Mildred unsuccessfully tries to seduce Philip but he loathes her. Mildred feels humiliated and wrecks his apartment, and Philip quits the medical school. Meanwhile Philip befriends Thorpe Athelny that introduces his daughter Sally Athelny to him. But Philip is still haunted by his passion for Mildred. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil This movie is based on Somerset Maugham's novel... about how sensitive Phillip is all his life because of his club foot... He feels doomed, always to fail, in life and in love. He fights back tears and emotions daily. He takes constant abuse as a child, and becomes isolated and lonely...this carries through to adulthood and harbors in his love of Mildred. This shows one of the dark sides of love, how much abuse we can take, and still go back for more.
