Three women - separated by half a century, connected by a promise.

Paris, 1940: For the Jewish student Judith, life becomes increasingly dangerous under German occupation. Together with her great love Christian, the son of a banker, she secretly plans to escape. But suddenly, she disappears without a trace.

More than fifty years later in Washington: Jacobina is burdened by a promise she made to her father, which she has not fulfilled her entire life. She is to find her unknown half-sister Judith. Now, she has little time left. That’s when she meets the young Frenchwoman Béatrice. The two women become friends. Together, they embark on a search that takes them further than they ever expected.

Paris, December 20, 1943: My beloved, since the early morning hours we have been sitting in the basement, waiting for something to happen. In the city h.