In 1902 London, unhappily married Philip Marshall meets young Mary Gray, who is unemployed and depressed. Their deepening friendship, though physically innocent, is discovered by Philip's wife who threatens him with exposure and scandal, driving him to kill her. Thereafter, fortune seems to smile on Philip Marshall; but does fate have a surprise in store?
A cataclysmic event serves as the backdrop for a passionate affair between two individuals torn between desire and the constraints of their circumstances.
Jean Monier is a disillusioned lawyer, appointed to defend Nicolas Milik, a man accused of murdering his wife. While everything points to his guilt, Monier takes up the case, convinced of his innocence. As his investigations kept him back to the night of
A committed couple finds their life slipping away, not because they’ve done anything in particular, but because their history is unwriting itself. Sort of.