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Un, deux, trois petits tours et puis s'en va: Lin a un mari, deux filles, des amitiés, des moments de rare bonheur. Inexorablement pourtant, une passion qui est aussi son métier - la danse - s'impose à elle. Jusqu'au jour où elle choisit... "La virevolte", c'est cela : une impulsion irrésistible, un élan, un jaillissement qui, de l'accouchement à l'abandon et à l'envoi, restent à jamais un sursaut vers la vie.

Dix écrivains ont accepté l'invitation des habitants de Clichy-sous-bois à partager quelques moments de leur vie.

After a troubled childhood and two failed marriages, Rena has achieved success as a photographer. She specializes in infrared techniques that expose her pictures’ otherwise hidden landscapes and capture the raw essence of deeply private moments in the lives of her subjects. Away from her lover, and stuck in Florence, Italy, with her infuriating stepmother and her aging, unwell father, Rena confronts not only the masterpieces of the Renaissance but the banal inconveniences of a family holiday.

Sol is a gifted but also terrifying six year old; his mother believes he is destined for greatness. He has a birthmark, like his dad, his grandmother and great-grandmother. But when they all make an unexpected trip to Germany, terrible secrets emerge about their family's story during World War II. Perhaps birthmarks are not all that has been passed down through this family.