Joseph Minster

Region of Occitania, France, 1792. As the storm of revolution devastates the country, young monk Gabriel and his companions live peacefully in the Franciscan monastery of Saorge, near the Italian border. But everything changes with the arrival of the beautiful Marianne and a military detachment.

After the disaster, the border must be retraced. Men dressed in white survey the mountains to do it.

1894 - A man walks into the mountains, bag on his back. When he reaches the pass, two customs officers are waiting for him. Barely visible in the snow, the border separates them.

Brest, a march evening in a cafe. Sailors evoke the latest news of their friends, Estelle spends the evening with her sister, Thomas, the server is working as usual. But when his colleague Samir receives a message on his phone, the atmosphere begins to change.

In the Alps, two men are walking in the snow, on the nothern side of the mountains. They are migrants.

A hunting trip in the mountains. Anthony wants to impress Mathilde. He shoots. A few months later, a court reconstruction brings him face to face with Chiara. Two stories collide.

Once a week, Camille comes to the prison to give English lessons to Michaël. They like each other, but the barrier between them is too difficult to climb over.

During a languid and peaceful summer in the 17th century, six young women dream of love. Directly or indirectly, each of them will experiment with the delights and torments of romance–desire and rejection, idealized and consummated love... Nina and Eulalie are sisters who share a strong bond. Eulalie, the eldest, is waiting for the return of her fiancé, who has left to seek his fortune in the Americas, while Nina seems to have nothing to wait for. Through nine chapters, we follow the destiny of each of these young women as they are finally confronted with the reality of a world and an era in which being a woman means not being free. Nina and Eulalie weave their way through each of these stories as they endeavor to understand and perhaps escape the inevitability of their fate as women.