Paris, Spring 1920. Alphonse Maindron, trench veteran, receives the visit of a young journalist, François Duval. Here to ask him about recent events, as tragic as strange, which Alphonse would have witnessed.
An exploration of the dazzling rise and mysterious downfall of French actor and filmmaker Max Linder (1883-1925), the world’s first international film star and mentor to British actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin.