Victor, a brilliant notary and the eldest son of the Cazals family, comes to Sarlat seeking refuge. Left by his wife for his own brother, Nils, he is a broken man. He hopes to find peace at Les Roques, the grand family estate. But the house was the scene of a painful past: an absent father, living an all-consuming love from which a son, Nils, was born. As he opens the shutters of the house, Victor is unaware that he will soon uncover a secret darker than night...
Victor, a brilliant notary and the eldest son of the Cazals family, comes to Sarlat seeking refuge. Left by his wife for his own brother, Nils, he is a broken man. He hopes to find peace at Les Roques, the grand family estate. But the house was the scene of a painful past: an absent father, living an all-consuming love from which a son, Nils, was born. As he opens the shutters of the house, Victor is unaware that he will soon uncover a secret darker than night…
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