Belle du Seigneur plot
The lives of Ariane and Solal are as different as night and day. Ariane is a young married aristocrat from a Protestant family from Geneva. Solal is a Jewish diplomat who rises out of nowhere to the second-highest position in the League of Nations on the eve of World War II. They are carried away by their ardent love and must not only endure the hostility of the rest of the world but also deal with their own problems. Solal is plagued by an obsessive love and Ariane is swept up by a passionate and physical love. But their love is based on a principled and fundamental understanding. He likes the thought of Ariane, she likes the reality of Solal.