影片讲述了一个青年带着父亲临终的遗憾，前往南法的乡村找出原委完成父亲心愿的故事。该片情节细腻感人，线索有代入感，将父子两代人的情感和恩怨表达得十分到位。

Paul (Morgan) investigates his late father's increasingly disturbing past and becomes suspicious of the mysterious, melancholic, and possibly dangerous, Madeleine (Ardant).