Paris 1934

Sorbonne student Sandrine covers news as a part-time reporter for anAmerican paper in Depression-era Paris. She banters with the Americans at thelocal bistro as red wine flows and stories grow in the telling. Early in1934, with public outrage at government corruption peaking, she witnessesstreet riots by Far Right leagues that overthrow two French cabinets. The ThirdRepublic is threatened. Spring brings adventure as Sandrine listens tosweet assurances whispered in the soft light of a Paris cafe. Summer bringsmidnight dancing to le hot jazz at swanky Longchamps racetrack. Days later,Sandrine joins the hard-partying Americans as they drink and dance their waythrough the festive streets of Paris on Bastille Day. In the fall, darksecrets from the 1920s French occupation of the German Rhineland cloud thepresent as the rising Nazi menace in Germany reveals unspoken threats.Destinies intersect in October 1934 when a Yugoslav king arrives in France for animportant state visit.