Pond under ice

Eighty-year-old Agnès suddenly feels a strange unease while searching for a dental practice and has an unexpected sense of déjà vu. Her discomfort becomes unbearable, and she suddenly experiences a shock, as if waking up in the middle of a dream, for she recognizes the ugly yellow house of her old German teacher, a memory that comes from far away, from another life. Suddenly, she vividly remembers the pond behind the house, where she sought refuge from the intrusive Attilio in her greatest time of need. The pond – it is deep and cold, almost as cold as the Arve – to which her great-grandmother Mamidèle fled to escape the looming threat of being sent to a nursing home. Processing these dramatic events, which Agnès has long repressed, is profoundly healing for the old woman: for on this fateful day, she will confront her L.