Visages voilés... âmes closes

A young English woman, Estelle Graydon, falls in love with Hajid Ben Khedim, a well-to-do Algerian completing his education in Britain. They marry and Hajid takes Estelle to his family home in Algiers. Estelle is disturbed by the customs of her new home, especially when Hajid's father insists he take a second wife.