At the end of World War II, in a poisonous atmosphere in which scores from the wartime collaboration era are being settled, Line is acquitted for a crime she committed. Fifty years later, her niece Anne stands in the municipal elections.

At the end of World War II, in a poisonous atmosphere in which scores from the wartime collaboration era are being settled, Line is acquitted for a crime she committed. Fifty years later, her niece Anne stands in the municipal elections.