The Supreme Orchestra

We know how Simone met the man who will become, for a time, her fourth husband. We know what she does (artist), her age (older than she looks), her friends (a veritable menagerie), her habits (frustrated homebody). What remains to learn are the things she still doesn't fully understand herself, like her role in the affair of the Diamonde de Port-Merveille. The Supreme Orchestra is many things all at same time: an old-fashioned yarn, a geopolitical thriller, an art-world expos , a digressive social study, a mischievous parody. Or maybe it's none of these things at all ...