The life of a woman

Gabrielle devotes herself body and soul to her profession. Surgeon and head of department in a public hospital, she runs and multiplies herself, besieged by responsibilities. She has little time left for her private life — a husband who loves her and a mother she must look after. When a novelist comes to spend a few weeks in her department for the needs of a book, her balance wavers. In the daily life that Gabrielle has built for herself, is there room for the unexpected?