Jeanne, a working-class girl eager for culture and pleasure, uses her charms and intelligence to climb the social ladder. She becomes the favorite of King Louis XV, who is unaware of her status as a courtesan, but rediscovers a taste for life with her. The two fall madly in love. Against all convention, Jeanne moves to Versailles. Her arrival scandalizes the court.
70-year-old architect Shauna has actually given up on romantic love. But her re-encounter with Pierre, a 45-year-old doctor, changes everything. The two fall in love head over heels. But Pierre has a family, and there are not only 25 years between them, but also Shauna's Parkinson's diagnosis. Nevertheless, Pierre would give up everything for Shauna.