Sara, a doctoral student who is nearly 30 and has almost finished her thesis, goes to a country house for her friend Félicie’s birthday. The guests are Sara’s oldest and dearest friends. Suddenly, two unexpected guests, who had been part of the group in the past, upset Sara’s fragile emotional balance; she is going through a period of terrible doubt and feels like she barely exists. So she gets both excited and nervous about the sudden appearance of the world traveler Hugo – a former lover who suddenly disappeared without explanation – accompanied by his best friend, Étienne, a troubled and troubling alcoholic. Desperately trapped by her own contradictions, Sara will leave things up to fate, and fall prey to her own indecision.

It’s summer, Eveline Mailhot divides time in a light atmosphere, where melancholy chips away at everyone’s ideals. She isn’t going for precision in the relationships she captures in Deux jours de vertige, but for truth.

Exposed to each member’s individual fragilities, a colorfully diverse group of friends comes together in a bucolic landscape with an abundance of food and liquor. Their hidden wounds and grief run up short against frustrated desire. Amidst a litany of bad days, solemn announcements, unexpected crises and confessions, and memories and fantasies that make themselves felt, Sara tries to read clearly in her own heart.?