When Anna (Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Colour) is sent to prison, life as she knows it is turned upside down when she meets Jean (Guillaume Gallienne, Yves Saint Laurent), the warden for her detention centre. As the pair quickly become immersed in a whirlwind romance, their relationship brings with it high stakes and grave consequences. Based on a stunning true story, Down by Love explores the power of right, wrong and impossible love.