Synd

Maurice is a struggling playwright in Paris whose life changes overnight when his new work becomes a sensation at the Théâtre de Paris. Success, however, proves to be a toxic catalyst. He quickly abandons his devoted common-law wife and their young daughter for Henriette, the volatile and alluring lead actress of his play. Their whirlwind affair is fueled by absinthe and ego, but when Maurice’s daughter suddenly dies, the celebration turns into a psychological nightmare. The film follows Maurice's rapid descent from the heights of Parisian society into a pit of paranoia and guilt as he begins to believe his dark desires actually caused the tragedy.