La femme de Gilles - Frédéric Fonteyne

Set in the 1930's, "Gilles' Wife" is a haunting story of passion and sacrifice in a small mining town. The wife of a metal worker anddevoted mother, Elisa's well-ordered world is turned upside down when she begins to suspect her husband Gilles of having an affair with her younger sister Victorine. Determined to save her marriage, Elisa undertakes a strange and disquieting battle to recover what she has lost... Elisa's determination to win her husband back leads her to spy on her sister Victorine. As both the marriage and the affair unravel, the characters become increasingly desperate, and the possibility of a peaceful resolution grows more remote.