Charlotte Vande Vyvre

Louise de Pileggi, a brilliant assistant district attorney, has always had a complicated relationship with her mother, Judith, whom she hasn’t seen in 15 years. When she is transferred to the small courthouse where Judith works as a court clerk, Louise becomes her mother’s boss. And worse still: they will have to work together on a case that seems trivial at first glance, but which will put their nerves on edge.

Rivka is pregnant. She has a strange and painful wound in her back that won’t heal, ever since her partner died. The day before his ashes are scattered, Abel, an old friend, shows up unexpectedly at her hotel room. He needs to revive an old memory between them at the Hotel Acropole.

Gaspard is still very much in love with Leïla. They meet in a crowded bar a month after she left him. The conversation turns awry and Gaspard seeks refuge under the tablecloth, away from prying eyes and closer to his memories.

Emma and Paul just moved into an old suburban mansion when Paul is forced to leave on a working trip. Isolated and clueless, Emma discovers a Praying Mantis and develops a strange bond with the insect. Until Paul comes home again.

The uptight Jewish finance director of a lavish Baroque court unexpectedly finds himself forced to convince his hot-headed young ruler to get a circumcision. He meets the temperamental ducal couple for an uncomfortable cup of tea, desperate to circumvent a genitalia-induced national crisis.