Susan Roberts, a graduate student, arrives at a rural French estate to research the works of Henry Ryman, a late composer. She stays indefinitely with his widow, Danielle, and her son Georges, who is wheelchair-bound after a tennis accident. Susan discovers Georges' emotional pain and dependence on his mother and maid Lillianne. As she delves deeper, she uncovers family secrets that threaten her life and reveal her arrival was no coincidence.
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In the picturesque south of France, a young American scholar immerses herself in the life of a deceased French composer, residing with his unconventional relatives while researching her thesis.