A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
A local activist and a budding young mayor clash over the best path forward for their impoverished suburb.
In the middle of the 17th century, the Marquise de Sévigné wanted to make her daughter a brilliant and independent woman in her own image. But the more she tries to control the young woman's destiny, the more she alienates her. Mother and daughter then experience the throes of a singular and devastating passion. A major work of French literature is born from this devastation.
