In the provincial French town of Saumur, the miserly M. Grandet hoards immense wealth while forcing his family to live in abject poverty. His innocent daughter, Eugénie, knows nothing but austerity until the arrival of her dashing, penniless Parisian cousin, Charles. Their burgeoning love affair ignites a quiet rebellion in Eugénie, prompting her to defy her father's iron will and share her meager inheritance. This act of generosity shatters the fragile domestic peace, exposing the depths of Grandet's avarice and setting in motion a tragic chain of events that will forever alter Eugénie's fate.
