Roger Grenier

An account of the brief life of the writer Albert Camus (1913-1960), a Frenchman born in Algeria: his Spanish origin on the isle of Menorca, his childhood in Algiers, his literary career and his constant struggle against the pomposity of French bourgeois intellectuals, his communist commitment, his love for Spain and his opposition to the independence of Algeria, since it would cause the loss of his true home, his definitive estrangement.

The story takes place in Germany at the beginning of the last century. Charlotte and wealthy baron Edouard, who had loved each other since their youth, could only marry after both became widowed. Edouard invites his childhood friend Captain Otto to manage the reconstruction work of the castle.