The daring life of Rosa Bonheur, one of the most famous female artists of the 19th century and a trailblazer for generations of women.

In 19th-century France, women were not free to choose their own futures. Yet Rosa Bonheur never married. She earned her own money as a painter, wore trousers, smoked, went hunting, and lived with another woman in a castle. She was also one of the very few women who lived to herself become a household name, her work widely renowned. Natacha Henry tells the story of a 14-year-old Rosa, determined to become a painter of animals, who with the help of her father and a friend will defy social norms to achieve her destiny.