Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in rural Normandy, four cousins discover they share a mysterious family history. In 1895, their ancestor Adèle, then aged 21, leaves her hometown to search for her mother in Paris. She discovers a city on the cusp of modernity, bustling with new-found avant-garde creativity, with the rise of photography and the birth of Impressionist painting. As her descendants retrace her steps, they unravel Adèle's surprising past. The two timelines of 1895 and 2024 intertwine and collide, confronting the cousins’ contemporary attitudes with life in late 19th century Paris, leaving everyone’s future forever changed.
Adèle Meunier born Vermillard
Seb / Claude Monet 1874
Guy
Céline
Abdelkrim
Anatole
Lucien
Odette Vermillard
Calixte de La Ferrière
Claude Monet 1895
Fleur, singer
Félix Nadar
Marcel, Seb's grandfather
Rose
Violette
Gaspard
Leslie
Louis Leroy
Mayor of Saint-Jouin Bruneval
Genealogist
Adèle Meunier born Vermillard
Seb / Claude Monet 1874
Guy
Céline
Abdelkrim
Anatole
Lucien
Odette Vermillard
Calixte de La Ferrière
Claude Monet 1895
Fleur, singer
Félix Nadar
Marcel, Seb's grandfather
Rose
Violette
Gaspard
Leslie
Louis Leroy
Mayor of Saint-Jouin Bruneval
Genealogist