When identity stretches to encompass both love and horror, how do you piece together who you really are?

In the 1980s, it wasn't easy being the son of an Ivorian father and a French mother. It took love and tenacity to fit in at the prestigious Normale Sup. At age 23, Matthieu Niango learns his mother was adopted and never wanted to find out more about her roots. So he decides to look into it. His quest leads him to a stunning discovery: she was born in 1943 in a Nazi Lebensborn. His grandfather was in the SS and his grandmother a Hungarian Jew. This family history is jumping-off point for a powerful reflection on identity.