Have you ever experienced forbidden love? Adeline has experienced it and suffered through it all, in the name of love.
In her old age, Adeline stays in a hospice and is assigned a new attendant. The chief aide stated that the old Adeline has stage three lymphoma and does not have long to live.
As she lifelessly eats, her hospice aide lays down all of the new mail that came for her, which is mostly her utility bills. However, her world seemingly stopped when she heard that a certain Helene Gautier sent her mail. It was like being transported back in the day…
Adeline was sitting in the room. She’s wearing her school uniform, mouth tightly closed, hair ruffled. She was being punished by her nun teacher because she was chewing gum. The nun’s patience runs out, saying that “proper young women do not chew gum”. She, then, forcibly puts her hand on Adeline’s mouth so she ends up swallowing it.
Adeline and the rest of the students seem to be used to the abuse. But her oasis comes with a classmate, a fellow girl. They both lock themselves in a cubicle and shared a drink through a flask… and a kiss.
The old Adeline passes out.