The story is set in 1929 France and begins inside a museum in Lyons, France. There two lovers—Irene (Greta Garbo) and André (Conrad Nagel)—feign interest in artwork as they discuss their clandestine romance. Irene is a young woman unhappily married to Charles (Anders Randolf), a wealthy much-older businessman, whose company teeters near bankruptcy. André is a successful lawyer, unmarried, close to Irene's age, and determined to face Charles and profess his love for his wife. Despite being trapped in a loveless marriage, Irene fears her husband's violent temper and his reaction if André were to confront him. "He's madly jealous", she tells André, and insists that her situation is hopelessly bound by "convention".<ref name="TCM1">Dialog recorded and transcribed directly from intertitles in ''The Kiss'', which was broadcast in its entirety on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on August 28, 2018. Turner Broadcasting System, a subsidiary of Time Warner, Inc., New York, N.Y.</ref> After she and André kiss, she leaves the museum, determined never to see her true love again.
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