Episode list

The Women of the Coast (1): Feuilleforte (1911-1912): The Normandy coast, summer 1912. At the age of 18 Blanche goes into service working for Clara Decourt, the new mistress of the Feuilleforte estate. Her cousin Georgette leaves for Paris. 17 year-old Fanny Vilatte, a distant relation of the Decourt family, reconnects with Raoul and Marcel, Clara's sons. Her aunt Alix accompanies her to Paris for her introduction into society.

Farewell to all (1913-1914): In Paris, Fanny has fallen for Henri Decourt, Marcel and Raoul's father, a romance rapidly ended by the family. Meanwhile Blanche is in love with René, La Thouroude's coachman. Georgette, now known as Dora de Vendeuil, is spending a few days in Deauville with the man who keeps her.

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.

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.

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.