A study of the life of Danish storyteller Karen Blixen, from her marriage of convenience to a titled aristocrat and departure for Kenya in 1913 until her return to Denmark in 1931. As she struggles to maintain a coffee farm, through various disasters, and strives to improve relations with the local natives, her marriage gradually gives way to an enduring romance with the noted hunter and adventurer Denys Finch Hatton, but Denys still wants his freedom. By the end, she's gained a much better unde find out more...

Adele Hugo, the daughter of the great French poet Victor, went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to search for Lt Pinson, whom she was madly in love with. Pinson did not answer to her love and made her understand it was hopeless, but Adele was obsessed by him and kept chasing and harassing him. This film about passionnate love and self-destruction, has been written from Adele Hugo's diary and she, like dad, had a gift for writing. However, she wrote in code, creating a secret diary. Only in modern times find out more...