After her husband's tragic death on the Titanic, Louise Créteur must leave her young son Lucien with her father in Normandy and start anew in Paris. She finds work as a maid at the Villa des Roses, a seedy boarding house run by a retired lawyer and his socialite wife. As she navigates her new life, Louise becomes involved with a German painter, but their relationship is complicated and ultimately ends in heartbreak. Just as she's picking up the pieces, the eve of World War I brings a new set of challenges and uncertainties.
Villa des roses
A widow and her young son leave their hometown to start anew in Paris after the tragic loss of her husband, but she decides to leave her son in the care of her father in Honfleur while she takes a job as a maid at a decrepit mansion in the French countryside.
