The governesses

There are three of them, and in this secluded villa behind tall trees, they are the queens: the governesses. They pay little attention to the education of the boys entrusted to them, preferring instead to drift melancholically through the bright days. Sometimes they are drawn to the golden gate that marks the boundary of their realm, where men press in, wild with desire. None of them will be heard, for here the governesses set the rules. However, if a stranger wanders into the garden, they go on a hunt as if in a trance, mercilessly overwhelming the unsuspecting with kisses and bites. And all of this unfolds before the eyes of the neighbor, who follows the adored women every step of the way with his telescope. With elegance and dark sensuality – and certainly with subtle comedy – Anne Serre tells in this fantastic tale of the power of gazes and of female desire.