Narrator
The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
Luc
妻子たちとともにリヨンで暮らすアレクサンドル。かつてまだ幼い自分に性的虐待を働いたプレナ神父が、再びこの地に戻って来たことを知った彼は、新たな犠牲者が出ないよう、神父のことを告発することを決意。教会に連絡を取り、神父の旧悪を洗いざらいぶちまけたアレクサンドルだったが、その後、事態は一向に改善されぬまま月日が過ぎていく。そんな中、やはり神父の性的虐待の被害に遭った人々の輪が、次第に広がるようになる。
Slobodan
A rebellious teenager must travel the country with his sick grandpa to get to his basketball game.
Investigating judge
In 1982, André Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka’s death was not an accident, Bamberski begins to investigate. A botched autopsy report raises his suspicions and leads him to accuse Kalinka’s stepfather, Dr Dieter Krombach, as the murderer.
Unable to indict Krombach in Germany, Bamberski attempts to take the trial to France, where he will dedicate his life to Kalinka’s justice and the imprisonment of Krombach.
Croatian laborer
1990年代、アルジェリアの人里離れた村にある修道院では、カトリックの修道士たちが共同生活を送っていた。戒律を厳格に守り信仰に身をささげる一方、地域の診療所としても機能する修道院には、毎日地元の住民たちが訪ねてきていた。修道士たちはイスラム教徒の地元民と良好な関係を築いていたが、アルジェリア内戦による影響が出始め……。
1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about revolution with his friend, Antoine, who has an inheritance and a flat where François can stay. François meets Lilie, a sculptor who works at a foundry to support herself. They fall in love. A year passes; François continues to write, talk, smoke, and be with Lilie. Opportunities come to Lilie: what will she and François do?
