France, the end of the 18th century, the reign of Louis XVI. One winter, the 25-year-old Count Montarba met the charming Rosine in his forest and was struck by the brilliance of her sunny eyes. It happened near Versailles, in the forest of Rambouillet, and from that moment on the count’s life changed and spun into a turbulent and dangerous whirlpool of passion and events that overturned the entire history of France and Europe...