Prequel to "Courtesans, Part, "Messenger" tells the story of Pascale Kedari, a highly artistic teenager from the Middle East. On a first trip abroad, she is marooned in France after the revolution breaks out back in her homeland. In the course of the story, young Pascale is befriended by several local women. Among them: Matilda, a leftwing academic from the wrong side of the tracks; Veronique, a former prima ballerina, her brilliant career suddenly...