An unpredictable documentary from a fascinating storyteller, Agnès Varda's last film sheds light on her experience as a director, bringing a personal insight to what she calls "cine-writing", traveling from Rue Daguerre in Paris to Los Angeles and Beijing.
The upper-class owner of a gallery, Catherine Lelievre, hires the efficient and quiet maid Sophie to work in the family manor in the French countryside. Her husband Georges Lelievre, who is an opera lover, her daughter Melinda and her teenage son Gilles welcome Sophie and appreciate her work.