France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so.
A young couple is already in the heat of the action when she asks him for a condom. He doesn't have one, but that doesn't seem to put a curb on his enthusiasm.
The day barely rises when Gregor is snatched from his sleep by the police drumming at his door. They need to use his balcony to access his neighbor's apartment, which no one has heard from for nearly two years. The discovery of the putrefying corpse will haunt Gregor for a whole day, a day that will prove decisive for the rest of his life. When night falls, backtracking will no longer be possible.
