The Assistant

Thomas, 27 years old, is driving his wife Audrey to the maternity hospital at night. On the way, he collides with a young man and fatally injures him. At the hospital, his son Léo is born, while a few meters away, Marie-France, the young man's mother, learns that he has died. Nine years later, she is hired as a "flying" secretary ("volante") in Thomas' administrative department, who knows nothing of their common past. A skilled manipulator, she quickly becomes indispensable, both professionally and personally...