Killing Violets

1934...

Starving to death somewhere in Europe, Anna meets Raoul.
She is ready to sell herself for a meal, but he has other plans. He takes her to England, to a summer of torrential rain, and the dubious mansion of his arrogant and unsavoury relatives, the Basultes.

It seems Anna is also to ''enjoy'' the godly Basulte life. But the mounds of stodgy food, the genuflecting servants, the mindless cruelty...