In 2013, Vanessa Springora recounts how she found herself under the influence of a famous writer. In 1986, she was 13; him, almost 50. The victim of a triple predation: sexual, literary, and psychic, there's more beyond her individual story. She questions the excesses of an era, and the complacency of an environment blinded by talent and celebrity.

Two children at a crime scene. One is guilty; the other, a witness. 20 years later, one is trying to forget, while the second one will never be able to. When their paths cross again, it all...

Gaby cannot stay alone, she's afraid of the dark, of everything. And she lives alone in an isolated country house.

This French drama/comedy follows the development of a unique friendship between a young French woman and an old, cynical librarian.