The Other Side of Happiness

Her name is Marcel—unusual, as is her family life: she is married to a surgeon who is thirty-five years older.

After getting married, Marcel didn’t pursue self-serving goals—she herself initiated the marriage. Their union turned out successful, and she became a caring stepmother to his son.

Marcel and her stepson are more like friends, because they’re separated by only eight years. She is also sympathetic to her stepson’s friend… Is this happiness? Probably yes. But what hides behind this façade? What secrets do such unequal relationships contain? Does Marcel have the right to give in to a temptation that almost borders on a crime?