一个年轻的农村姑娘到一对贵族夫妇家里做保姆，贵妇人的孩子很喜欢这个新保姆。女主人对农村姑娘居然产生妒忌，决定把孩子的爱夺回来。这部影片主要最后歌颂追求自由独立的精神。女主角也很美，全身上下散发着人性光芒的乡下姑娘，在封建时代居然有：追求真爱，向往知识，独立自强的品质。

A young single father trying to find the strength to love. A feminist librarian, single by conviction, who’s decided that she won’t be a mother. A six-year-old child trying to find a place in a new family structure. By revealing their aspirations, their fears, their choices, Carine Tardieu depicts different ways in which humans create families.

A moving world of spirits and ghosts, condemned to brush against one another without really meeting since they have all emerged from a single perpetual dream: that of a young man who no longer wants to wake up, immersed as he is in this world of fascinating spectres.

一场大火吞噬了莫德丝塔的过往，也焚尽了她的枷锁。她被修道院那位圣洁美丽的院长收留，却在日复一日的仰望中，滋长出禁忌的渴望——既然得不到偏爱，那便将她拖入深渊。

二十世纪初的西西里，腥咸的海风裹挟着暴力与背叛。莫德丝塔辗转至贵族深宅，释放欲望，尽享当下的欢愉。直到法西斯主义盛行，莫德斯塔在硝烟中投身政治，成了共产主义的信徒。她在权谋与信仰的交织中淬炼成钢，成为乱世灵魂的庇护所。

她生于灰烬，却活成了燎原的烈焰……

A convicted terrorist out on parole meets the man she nearly killed 15 years before without recognizing him. He does so but decides to keep quiet and starts to spend time with her — desperate to know the motivation behind her violent acts.