He feels so lonely. He needs someone in his life. But he doesn't want to be left a widower ever again, he puts out a personal ad: "Widower seeks immortal female companion."
Letters start pouring in, some from unknown women, some from old acquaintances, and others from famous women of all ages and eras: Mona Lisa, Nefertiti, Sissi, Emma Bovary, Carmen, Joan of Arc, La Goulue, the Virgin Mary, Chimene…
Since he keeps up an ongoing posthumous dialogue with his dead wife Sylvie, together they read and comment on the letters and their potential.