Jane meets the elusive Louis for the first time at a party in Paris. Their complex romance will provoke an artistic avalanche within Jane, and lead her to accept an invitation to the south of France where she hopes to see him again.
On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end and she will now have to support herself and her two teenage children. She finds work at a late-night radio show and encounters a troubled teenager named Talulah whom she invites into her home.
