A man falls in love with,Lina , a hot girl with a racy past ;because she's afraid he might treat her like a former prostitute ,she marries his friend, a dreamer who makes machines to extract pearls from mussels.But the rejected lover cannot get over the loss of this " desired body".He 's so blind he cannot see the love another girl,Marinette ,feels for him.Meanwhile,Lina's statuesque beauty creates a sensation among the workers.