In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations
Helene, a distracted pill popping anesthetist, almost runs down Gilles one evening on a Biarritz street She is still numb from the drowning death earlier that year of her lover, a visionary architect
Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father is on a tour of duty abroad He is bullied by Thomas, whose mother is ill The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to co
The fates of two partners are divided
Old woman Berthe leaves her house to live in her daugter Emilies one Emilie and her brother Antoine have fallen out three years ago and have not seen each other since, but Emilie invites him for Christmas Memories
A young man starts an affair with a woman his brothers friend Their relations are being tested because of obscure secrets hidden in the past
The story of a girl in love with a boxer They plan to go abroad after making a lot of money by participating in an interview intended to discredit a politician at elections time But the boxer is killed, and the mur
In the woods, a 13 year old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day The boy does as hes told, only to be attacked by the convicts partner A murder ensues, and through happenstanc
Agnes Le Roux, a young independent woman, returns to Nice in 1976 to have a new start in her life after a failed marriage All while falling in love with an older lawyer
Dreaming of an actress future, a young girl arrives in Paris Her personality awakens a glowing passion of several different men
Emmanuelle Beart stars as a widowed schoolteacher who flees Nazi occupied Paris with her children A teenaged boy comes to their rescue by leading them into the forest their best shot at survival