The Spring of the Bonzai Trees

When she arrived at the Elysée Palace, Bernadette Chirac expected to finally get the place she deserved, she who had always worked in the shadow of her husband to make him president. Put aside because she was considered too old-fashioned, Bernadette decided to take her revenge by becoming a major media figure.

In 1480, or thereabouts, as Princess Blanche prepares to unite with the handsome prince of a neighboring kingdom, her father decides to marry her to Melchior, his coarse army commander whom she barely knows. Devastated, she asks for the help of her godmother, who reveals that she is in possession of a mysterious “skin” which, once worn, will allow Blanche to become a man and thus get to know her fiancé incognito.

Educator for troubled youth, advisor to ministers, nightclub manager, and now social entrepreneur: Jean-Marc Borello has lived a thousand lives and doesn't intend to stop there. Today, as General Delegate of Groupe SOS, a group of associations and companies with over 4,000 employees in France, this man of action, charmer, and champion of outspokenness, is waging a total battle against exclusion, never letting himself be labeled or giving in to political correctness.

The mechanics of a love story that ends badly.

At school, on television, at work or at home, the society in which we live is full of stereotypes that assign each sex to pre-determined roles and behaviors from childhood.