Les dames vertes

A twenty‑two‑year‑old lawyer, more drawn to poetry than pleadings, travels to the remote Château d’Ionis after his father entrusts him with a delicate assignment. The late‑summer landscape between Angers and Saumur is cloaked in lilac woods and a sky glittering with stars, making the journey feel both intimate and grand. At the château’s ornate Renaissance portal he meets two austere matriarchs who warn that the absent countess leaves the estate dependent on his counsel, hinting that the legal matter may stir deeper secrets.

Through courteous dialogue he senses a tangled web of rivalries and rumors of a hidden inheritance, while the elegant but solemn surroundings suggest that the château itself may be keeping quiet witnesses. Caught between his family’s expectations and his own yearning for a more independent, literary life, he steps into a mystery that promises both social intrigue and a courtroom showdown.