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The story opens in 1945, in a cosy café. An enigmatic woman sits alone at a table, her gaze lost, as if suspended in time. She seems to be waiting for someone.
The woman is Johanne, a French Resistance fighter. As the minutes pass, her eyes become blurred and dark memories resurface. Little by little, she is transported back to 1944.
We discover Johanne at the heart of the war, accepting a dangerous mission: to exfiltrate an engineer called Léon to the Swiss border.
The tension is immediate. We find them running through a forest in the middle of the night, pursued by German soldiers. Their flight is breathless, every sound a threat.
They finally stop, out of breath, and try to hide behind a tree. But the respite was short-lived. Johanne is spotted and violently grabbed.
In a desperate move, Léon grabs the pistol she has dropped and fires. The shot saves them, but shocks Léon.
He was not prepared to kill, but is overcome with guilt. Johanne tries to reassure him, reminding him that they probably wouldn’t have survived if he hadn’t done what he did.
The memory fades, and we return to the café in 1945. Johanne is still there, scarred and silent. The door opens at last, and Léon appears. Their eyes meet, charged with all they have been through. He soon becomes worried and asks her what has happened to her, what has been done to her. Johanne begins to answer, and a new memory emerges.
We find them again in 1944, advancing on a bridge, close to their goal, almost free. But suddenly, they are frozen by a violent light. They are surrounded. Trapped and in a decisive moment, Johanne realises that there is only one chance to save Léon. Without hesitation, she pushes him off the bridge, offering him a way out, at the cost of her own freedom.
The reality of this sacrifice becomes clear. Johanne has been captured. On her face, a deep scar testifies to the hardships she endured, hinting at the suffering she went through. Yet here she is, a survivor.
Back in the café, past and present finally come together. Johanne and Léon, reunited after all they have been through, give way to contained emotion. In a simple, almost fragile gesture, they begin to dance. As if to celebrate their survival, their new-found freedom.
