In 1958 when Alberto Giacometti turned fifty-seven he had been going through an artistic crisis for the past two years. In Paris at a bar in Montparnasse he meets Yvonne Poraudeau, a prostitute in her early twenties known as "Caroline". Her beauty and refinement struck the artist, who fell madly in love with her, despite the fact that Giacometti was already married and seeing other mistresses. A passionate and crazy relationship developed between the two; Caroline became his companion in adventures, as well as a model and muse.