Les Films du Trésor

An FSB officer falls in love with his agent, an American woman who works as a trader in a Russian bank.

François is 39, Muriel is 22... He is married, with a child, and lives comfortably. She is single and unattached. They meet by chance... He wants her... She resists... Gives in... Latches on to him... There is a name for it: adultery. Adultery in all its fleeting joys, rare moments, creeping jealousy, open conflicts, stolen pleasures, tears held back, tears shed.

Carole sees her parents twice a year in Paris.