Pierre, a Parisian dandy and poet, is on the cusp of fame. He and his friend Henri are both smitten with Marie, the daughter of their mentor, José-Maria de Heredia. Marie marries Henri to pay off her father's debt and improve her social standing, but she actually loves Pierre. He flees to Algeria, where he meets Zohar and shares a passion for erotic photography. Two years later, he returns to Paris, finds Marie, and they begin an affair amidst Paris's erotic photography scene, navigating a complex web of relationships and societal expectations that ultimately propel them to become renowned writers and poets of 19th-century France.
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A love story set amidst the era of sexual liberation, inspired by the 19th-century romance between authors Pierre Louÿs and Marie de Régnier.
