In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman, her stepson Bernard, and her former lover Alphonse.
November 16, 1930 in Paris, France
March 9, 1914 in Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France
23 September 1925, Paris, France
August 5, 1921 in Thônes, Haute Savoie, France
10 April 1932, Beirut, French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon [now Lebanon]
27 November 1927, Paris, France
August 13, 1911 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
1919
January 13, 1910 in Vanves, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
31 January 1936, Bourg-la-Reine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
October 5, 1906 in Andenne, Wallonia, Belgium
August 18, 1904 in Paris, France
November 29, 1931 in Geneva, Switzerland
March 15, 1912 in Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France
15 June 1934, Paris, France
