The young historian Elisabeth is traveling to Lyon on her own in order to explore the city tracing the life of Flora Tristan. Tristan, whose diary Elisabeth is carrying, was a 19th century socialist and feminist who influenced many contemporary activists and intellectuals yet fell into oblivion herself. Elisabeth tries to put together the clues she can find in Lyon wanting to reconstruct Tristan's life in the most sensual way.

Elsa Valentin is in the middle of a brutal divorce and custody battle when she is struck by the appearance of a pretty young girl named Lola (Héloïse Cunin). Her interest in the child grows to an obsession, and she finds any possible excuse to be near her. When Lola's mother, Claire, grows unnerved by all this, Elsa admits she believes Lola is her daughter.

L’accession au pouvoir du cardinal catalan Rodrigue Borgia et de son clan, qui s’efforcèrent d’instaurer une dynastie pour exercer leur domination sur le monde. Bien qu’étant un homme de foi, Rodrigue était aussi esclave des plaisirs charnels. Il devait non seulement déjouer les complots et les conspirations de ses collègues cardinaux et des représentants des grands pouvoirs, mais aussi mener une lutte pour contenir les rivalités qui menaçaient de déchirer sa famille.

Just as Simone works up the courage to tell her conservative Jewish family she's a lesbian, she finds herself attracted to a male Senegalese chef.