Léa Todorov

Set in 1900, Lili d’Alengy, a Parisian cocotte at the height of her fame, flees Paris to hide her “idiot” daughter. There she meets Maria Montessori, who is pioneering a teaching method that may help the child.

Jacob, an elderly man living in a luxurious villa near Geneva called Rosebud, has just changed his name for the third time and become a Swiss citizen. His granddaughter comes to visit to make a portrait of him. As she searches for a way to bring his story to life, Jacob abandons the project…

As every year, Vicky goes to mass to the memory of Louis XVI. This time, he is accompanied by Ingrid. He has thirty years more than her, but Ingrid seems under the charm of this character. Revolutionary, rocker, prophet of the apocalypse of the West, he claims the return of the values of the chivalry. For Vicky, a princess as Ingrid must be courted according to the rules of the courtly love, but the third millennium leaves little room for the dreams of a knight.

Russia 2012, year of Putin’s re-election. For the first time in 15 years, the population is rising up for political change, starting with the 20-somethings who make up the National Bolshevik Party. Their guru: Eduard Limonov –punk poet turned radical leader. Zhenia, Marat, Anya, Shuka and Tvorog come from the provinces of a country destroyed by authoritarianism and brutal capitalism. With no true political platform, beliefs that flirt with extremism and revolution as their sole religion, they look up to Stalin and Robespierre, Gandhi and the Che. Galvanised by the stories of their patriotic idols, they have chosen to live like revolutionary heroes.

After twenty years away in western Europe, Voin goes back to Bulgaria, his home country. While rediscovering places where he grew up, a mental journey is taking shape through time.