Set in 17th century, Marquise de Sévigné aims to make her daughter brilliant/independent, but controlling her backfires. Mother-daughter experience intense passion. A French literary masterpiece emerges from their turbulent relationship.

In the middle of the 17th century, the Marquise de Sévigné wanted to make her daughter a brilliant and independent woman in her own image. But the more she tries to control the young woman's destiny, the more she alienates her. Mother and daughter then experience the throes of a singular and devastating passion. A major work of French literature is born from this devastation.—themoviedb