The award-winning Aletheia
Stage & Film Co. proudly presents a gripping,
romantic allegory about two families in Post-Napoleonic France bound by a ring
and a promise. Shortly before his death at the hands of Napoleon’s enemies*,
Alain Desormeau implores Arnaud Rousseau to protect his children, Julien and
Helene. Rousseau agrees and, as a symbol of his promise, receives the ring
of Desormeau’s late wife. Facing his own death years later, Rousseau
gives the ring to Julien who in turn pledges to protect Rousseau’s family.
However, Julien soon discovers his oath demands much more than he had thought
as he is faced with the choice of saving himself or keeping his promise to
defend those he loves.
*Read Alexandre Dumas' Massacres of the South.