Françoise Lebrun is an actress. For most film buffs, she is associated with one role: that of Veronika in Jean Eustache's The Mother and the Whore, one of the landmark French films of the 70s. In addition to the questions raised by the image and power of this first role, this documentary is a portrait of an actress with an exceptional sense of language and shows how she deals with her role choices and her craft today.