Sat, Jan 5, 1980
The Women of the Coast (3): The living (1914-1916): The war has claimed its first victims: with Paul, Émile-Auguste, René all killed on the front. Behind the lines, the women's lives have also dramatically changed. Clara and Fanny have become nursing volunteers, Alix has taken over the cider mill on the departure of her brother Charles, Clémence manages the cheese factory in the absence of her brother Louis. Fanny gives in to Raoul's repeated demands and marries him, more by patriotism than for love.
Sat, Jan 12, 1980
The Women of the Coast (4): Turmoil and tragedy (1916-1917): Spring 1916. Blanche brings Louis Hérart back to convalesce at home, at La Thouroude, then returns to the front. Charles, Fanny's father, together with Armand, the Feuilleforte estate manager, have been killed. Unable to bear so much tragedy, Adélaïde Decourt, Raoul and Marcel's grandmother, gives up on life. With Alix having serious problems at the cider mill, Fanny and Marcel become lovers.
Sat, Jan 19, 1980
The Women of the Coast (5): Intoxication (1917-1919): Clara has remained unconscious since learning of Raoul's death. Filled with remorse, Fanny leaves for Paris. Like many others, she tries to lose herself in alcohol, all-night parties, night clubs and one night stands... But the war continues, relentless. Marcel is declared missing, then Spanish flu kills Marianne, Louis Hérart's wife. The Great War finally ends. Marcel, POW in Germany, returns.