Carole married when she was 20 and the couple gave birth to two children, Christophe and Hélène. She decided to divorce in 1994 but her husband threatened to kill the whole family if she did so.
On January 1, 1996, Carole learned terrible news. Her ex-husband shot their two children in their sleep. The father, guilty of infanticide, is sentenced to thirty years in prison for murder. Despite everything, Caroles refuses to give in to hatred and chooses for her children to live.