Set in 17th century, Marquise de Sévigné aims to make her daughter brilliant/independent, but controlling her backfires. Mother-daughter experience intense passion. A French literary masterpiece emerges from their turbulent relationship.

Madame de Sévigné

Summertime. While a pandemic spreads overall, Paul, his wife Hélène and his little sister Lisa, isolate themselves in their countryside house. There, they meet old friends : Bruno and his sister Mélanie… Some of them love each other but say it wrongly ; some of them don’t even dare to say it ; some of them hate each other… What will strike them first? Disease or despair?