Summer, 1910. Inspectors Machin and Malfoy investigate the mysterious disappearances of several tourists on the beautiful beaches of Slack Bay, where a strange community of fishermen lives.

Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France — where she will never sculpt again — the chronicle of Camille Claudel's reclusive life, as she waits for a visit from her brother, Paul Claudel.