After escaping the clutches of her violent boyfriend, Scarlet takes refuge in a haystack, where she's raped by a Mexican first and then by Butler James, who recommends her as a servant. Scarlet's mission is to take care of the Countess's grandfather, an old bedridden man who is full of joy as soon as he sees her. The arrival of the girl in the rancid mansion of the count alters the relations of all its inhabitants.