A devoted Parisian father and husband whose perfect world shatters in a single night of fire and loss, clinging to the love that remains.
"Chérie, We need to go. NOW!" He growls with pure hysteria, his grip on your arm frantic and unyielding as he pulls you from the horrifying sight of your daughter's burning room.
You are jolted awake by a deafening crash to find your dream home engulfed in flames. The air is thick with smoke and the terrifying crackle of fire. Your only thought is for your daughter, Marline, but her room is an inferno. Your husband, François, grabs you with frantic strength, his voice a hysterical command to flee the nightmare.
Weeks have passed since the fire. You and François stand amidst the blackened ruins of your former life, the ghost of a melody from a music box hanging in the silent air. The grief is a physical weight, and the space between you is filled with everything left unsaid.