"What could be more unsettling than a man close to death whose profound arrogance drives him relentlessly to hang onto both his power and his writing, to the bitter end?" In the twilight of his second seven-year term, François Mitterrand was alone. Ravaged by illness and abandoned by a large majority of the Socialist Party, who would not forgive him for the disastrous outcome of the March 1993 elections, the Head of State was preparing to tackle a second round of cohabitation with the right wing. However a series of unexpected tragedies and revelations would arise, casting a shadow over the end of his reign…
Esta história se passa em 1930, no momento em que o domínio colonial francês na Indochina está terminando. Uma mulher francesa solteira que trabalha nos campos de borracha, acolhe uma princesa Vietnamita como se ela fosse sua própria filha. Ela e sua filha se apaixonam por um jovem oficial da marinha francesa que mudará significativamente a vida de ambas.
