The story charts how young Polish refugee Jan Bojarski became the biggest counterfeiter of all time, “the Cézanne of fake money”, in post-war France; how, for over fifteen years and unbeknownst to his family, this man led a double life making counterfeit money - which was “more real” than the notes printed by the Bank of France - in a shed at the bottom of his garden; and how, in all these years, this unparalleled faker managed to slip through the police’s net to become the thorn in Commissioner Mattei’s side, over the course of a hunt which fast turned into a duel for these two obsessives…

故事将我们带回1899年的上阿尔卑斯地区。"苏丹"是一个被雪峰环抱的小村落。某个暴风雨之夜，深色眼眸的年轻教师艾梅抵达此地，她将在此度过整个冬季，教导寥寥数名学生。然而就在她到来后不久，一场雪崩夺走了第一位当地人的性命……