THE VELVET ATELIER

Synopsis

When twenty-one-year-old Élise Moreau wins a scholarship to the prestigious Institut Saint-Aurelie in Paris, she believes talent has finally opened a door no family connection could buy. Within weeks, she discovers that the school's most coveted prizes, residencies, gallery introductions, and even scholarships are quietly influenced by the Cercle d'Orphée, an elite student society whose members treat the art world as an inheritance.