in particular the memories evoked are of her three husbands and the children she bore with them. her first marriage to fanny's english father (hurt) failed and as a consequence, fanny (régnier) barely knows him. fanny's half-sister is camille (doillon), who anna had with camille's now dead father, max (benichou). there is also her third husband, jean (karyo), with whom she had lilly (exarchopoulos), but he left to pursue affairs.