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In an unnamed country caught in civil war, Adriana, her son Yonas and her sister Refka face the consequences of a rape years earlier by Tsargo, a soldier from their village. As Yonas grows up, Adriana fears he may inherit his father’s violence rather than his mother’s gentleness.
The troubadour Jaufré longs for a distant, ideal love, and the Pilgrim tells him that Clémence, Countess of Tripoli, exists and has heard his songs. Clémence begins to imagine this devoted stranger, but hesitates to meet him. Jaufré travels to Tripoli and arrives gravely ill; he and Clémence declare their love before he dies. She enters a convent, praying ambiguously to God or to her lost lover.
Pregnant Émilie du Châtelet writes and reflects on her scholarship, relationships, and impending childbirth. The scenes connect the birth of her child with her work on the physics of fire and the writings she produced with Voltaire.
In an unnamed country caught in civil war, Adriana, her son Yonas and her sister Refka face the consequences of a rape years earlier by Tsargo, a soldier from their village. As Yonas grows up, Adriana fears he may inherit his father’s violence rather than his mother’s gentleness.
The troubadour Jaufré longs for a distant, ideal love, and the Pilgrim tells him that Clémence, Countess of Tripoli, exists and has heard his songs. Clémence begins to imagine this devoted stranger, but hesitates to meet him. Jaufré travels to Tripoli and arrives gravely ill; he and Clémence declare their love before he dies. She enters a convent, praying ambiguously to God or to her lost lover.
Pregnant Émilie du Châtelet writes and reflects on her scholarship, relationships, and impending childbirth. The scenes connect the birth of her child with her work on the physics of fire and the writings she produced with Voltaire.