Alix Poisson

Late '80s in Northern France, women are being sexually assaulted along the same road by the Sambre river. Follow the progression of the investigation and its repercussions from the '80s through to 2018 and the beginning of the #metoo era.

The story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s.

Matthew Morgan is a retired American professor in his 80s, a widower. He lives in Paris and speaks no French. Since his wife's death, he's marking time. His curiosity is piqued when he meets Pauline Laubie, half his age, a dance instructor. She's also a solitary person but wants the connection of family. She believes she's found that in Matthew, and she attends to him during a hospitalization. When his two adult children arrive from the U.S. to check on their father, they are certain Pauline is a gold digger, and she's confounded by the distance between father and children. The daughter heads home, the son remains. Is there any way that Pauline fits in?