César is 12 when his older sister Lou is the victim of sexual assault. In the changing rooms of his fencing club, the only standard that matters is violence. César…

In life, there are only two kinds of moments: meetings and breakups. This is the story of a breakup and two meetings. Or maybe the other way around.

September 1940. Henri Marre arrives alone in Vichy as the authoritarian regime settles in. Broke, estranged from his family, and carrying copies of his self-published manifesto Notre Salut (Our Salvation),…