Dear Voltaire

Let yourself be engrossed by the destiny of an unusual woman: Émilie du Châtelet, wife, mother, scientist – and the lover of Voltaire.
Émilie, a woman of the French aristocracy, meets Voltaire in the Paris opera. The year is 1733, the era of enlightenment is still young, and Newton’s theories achieve more and more support in France. But the absolute monarchy’s censorship threatens Voltaire, and he is forced to leave Paris. A chateau in Champagne becomes the new residence for Émilie and Voltaire, here they share their passion for science, theatre and for each other. Émilie’s ambition is to translate Newton’s Principia into French.
But what makes her risk all this – honour, science, friendship and life – for an intense love affair with the handsome poet Saint-Lambert?