The year is 1898. Héloïse, 9 years old, comes from a family belonging to the anti-Dreyfus and anti-Semitic Parisian high bourgeoisie. In a spirit of revolt, she begins a love affair with Maxime, a young Jewish journalist. During a terrible quarrel with her father, the latter suffers a stroke and dies. To get her away from Maxime, her mother Mathilde and her cousin Olympe take Héloïse on a trip to the Orient. After Cairo and the Pyramids, they go up the Nile and cross the desert in a caravan.
Dominique Blanc
as Olympe de Cardeauville
Dominique Reymond
as Mathilde Ancelin
Marina Hands
as Héloïse Ancelin
Jean-Claude Drouot
as Jacques Coquerel
Daniel Mesguich
as Paul-Louis Gérard
Samuel Labarthe
as Ariel Cohen
Eric Ruf
as Maxime Meyer
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Victor Ancelin
Anny Duperey
as Jenny Latour
Philippe Laudenbach
as Anatole Ancelin
Maud Rayer
as Augustine Ancelin
Anne Le Ny
as Rosalie
