Maria (Juliette Binoche) is an excellent actress who became famous for her role as Sigurd. In the play, Sigurd is ambitious and full of fatal attraction. Her behavior directly led to the suicide of a character named Helena, which is a shocking tragedy. Now, Maria is in her forties, and fate has put her on the stage again, but this time, she is no longer the sexy and deadly Sigurd, but the embodiment of tragedy Helena. Sigurd is played by a new generation actor named Alice (Chloe Grace Moretz). She has an unruly personality, often causing trouble and suffering from criticism. In the process of entering the play, Maria saw her former self in Alice, which triggered her deep thinking.