The Star of the Seine (1975)

The setting is 18th-century Paris, on the eve of the French Revolution. The tyrannical regime of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Queen of France causes suffering for the French people, and the French aristocracy is corrupt. The orphan girl Simone styles herself as a masked vigilante and seeks justice. She covers her face with a red mask, and leaves a red carnation as a mark of her presence.