George Dandin is a rich peasant who dreams of rising from his condition and marries Angélique Sotenville, daughter of ruined nobles. But the Sotenvilles continue to make George Dandin feel the difference in his condition with their daughter. Angelique, she considers that marriage should not deprive her of the pleasures of the world and she allows herself to be courted by Clitandre, a vicomte of the neighborhood. The abandoned husband will try to prove to his in-laws the not very commendable behavior of their daughter.