Sam

Sam is a middle school teacher loved wholeheartedly by her students, a bit less by her colleagues. She struggles in her role as a mother. She loves men, but doesn't really love any of them. At work, at home or in her love life, Sam is totally unconventional and always follows her instinct. She thinks she's happy that way, until her past comes rushing back in after 20 years - and turns her world upside down.

Xavier, head over heels in love with Sam, will do anything to keep her - even allow the middle school where he is principal to be the testing ground for a new educational system. When Khalil, a bad student, suffers the consequences, Sam makes best efforts to help. But her determination to get her professional life back in order remains unmatched at home, where she continues to mislead her children by hiding the truth about her relationship with Alexandre.

Sam's life is in chaos: job uncertainty, her mother in a coma, a son who won't talk to her and a marriage cancelled because of her affair with the bride's father. Unhappy and ashamed, Sam takes refuge in the imaginary tale she is writing and staging with her 5th grade students.