An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.

December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers airport.

A French woman mourning over the death of her husband three years prior is courted by a Swedish co-worker.

He invents puzzles. He’s committed body and soul to his work and needs silence to be able to concentrate. She is an accomplished pianist and can’t live without music. She…