During France's belle époque, the lives of courtesans, like Lea de Lonval, were defined by luxury and prestige. When an older associate asks Lea to take on her 19-year-old son, Lea becomes embroiled in a six-year affair. But when the relationship ends abruptly with an arranged marriage, Lea finds herself grappling with the possibility of true love and the limited choices she and her former lover, Chéri, have.

Chéri
A young man, once a protégé of a courtesan, flees into a fantastical realm, abandoning the only maternal influence he has ever known, a woman who taught him the art of love.