It is October 1918 and the war-stricken Giorgio Volli (Jeff Dahlgren) returns to the orphanage where he had been working as a care-taker before the war.

Giorgio follows the mystery to a small village bordered with a treacherous marsh where the locals are terrified of wolves.

Doctor Degrâce's autistic daughter, Catherine, is the only witness to what unfolded in the orphanage, and Giorgino develops a tumultuous relationship with her as he begins to uncover the mystery of the small village.

The film, produced by Laurent Boutonnat and in which Mylène Farmer starred, was both a critical and financial failure.

As a result, the musical duo separated on bad terms before eventually getting back together for Farmer's 1995 album Anamorphosée.