In 1860s France, a couple who have recently acquired a dilapidated country house in Vendme discover within it the secret of a passionate love affaire that once took a macabre and sadly turn. it all began 50 years previously, when the wealthy landowner Grard de Clergue fell madly in love with the beautiful young dancer Clara Biondi. In the course of the ensuing romance, Grard remains blissfully ignorant of the fact that Clara had a previous lover, James de Poulay…