De soie et de Cendre

In 1936, Martha, a carefree young woman, left the convent where she was educated. It clashes with his father, a rigid sub-prefect, who refuses to let him develop his gift for visual arts. Disillusioned, she married on a whim Antoine Maurel, director of a weaving of silk from Lyons. Early in their marriage, Antoine is tender and attentive. It encourages Martha to work on models of the luxury of silk but the leaves every night at the door of their room. When discovered her husband's homosexuality, Martha, initially disturbed, ultimately chooses to support it. It lives almost a passionate love with Dimitri Zamelsky, a Jewish chemist ...