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Justine (Anouk Aimee) is the Jewish prostitute living in Egypt who manages to sleep her way to the top. Marrying a financial minister, Justine works her way up from a 10-year-old child hooker who helps the Jews fight for their own homeland against the British and Arabs. The story is told from the perspective of the English nobleman Darley (Michael York), who first met the temptress in 1938. The Jews are continually pressured by the Moslem majority, who also persecutes Christians. Justine helps both Christians and Jews in Alexandria receive fair treatment in the wake of religious and racial prejudice. Dirk Bogarde and Anna Karina also star in this story tinged with adultery, incest, homosexuality and religious and nationalistic fervor.