Elara visits her aging mother, Eleanor, to confront her about a long-held family lie. She has discovered letters and a locket proving her father wasn’t lost at sea as claimed, but alive in France with another woman and child. Eleanor admits she invented the story to protect her image and control Elara’s life. Realising her childhood was built on deceit, Elara leaves the house—and her mother—determined to finally live her own life.

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