In 1947, two years after the end of the war, a love story is born between Madeleine (Anaïs Demoustier) and François (Vincent Lacoste), each of whom carries a heavy secret. She is a single mother and waitress in a hotel-restaurant, he is a well-educated student. Their physical attraction turns into a great passion, which nevertheless mixes lies and pretenses, each trying to hide an unmentionable story. Madeleine wants to leave the past behind, when François gradually reveals himself as a man who is looking for a way to escape in this relationship.
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Presented at Cannes Première at this year's Cannes Film Festival, this drama by Katell Quillévéré evokes the complexity of the post-war period. The film opens with black-and-white images of women being shorn for having slept with the occupier, a subject that remains in the subtext of this romance that is tested by secrecy, shame and the unspoken. In addition to Anaïs Demoustier and Vincent Lacoste, Morgan Bailey completes the cast. Released in theaters on November 29.