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Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a reminder of that long-ago summer. For male companionship she oscillates between hairdresser Maxence and the intellectual Loic, but seems unable to commit to either as the memory of Charles and what might have been hangs over everything.

Forget the usual cinematic reunions where lovers magically find each other, as this quiet drama finds its heart in the permanent ache of a lost connection. A fleeting summer fling transforms into a haunting, snowy Parisian landscape defined by the heavy weight of what might have been.

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