Following their impulsive sexual encounter, the aristocratic Miss Julie and the valet Jean confront the social ruin they face. They struggle with a power shift as Julie begs for guidance while Jean reveals his cold pragmatism and mutual contempt.
MISS JULIE: Help me, Jean! Help me! Tell me what I ought to do, and where to go!
JEAN: I don't know.
MISS JULIE: What would you have done in my place?
JEAN: In your place? Let me think. As a woman, as a fallen woman... I don't know. Yes, I know now!
MISS JULIE: But I am not a common woman. Remember
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