Nathalie teaches philosophy at a high school in Paris. She is passionate about her job and particularly enjoys passing on the pleasure of thinking. Married with two children, she divides her time between her family, former students and her very possessive mother. One day, Nathalie’s husband announces he is leaving her for another woman. With freedom thrust upon her, Nathalie must reinvent her life.

Erase is a period piece in the fictional world of the 1940's. During World War II a German doctor found a method to predict if an unborn child is going to commit murder at some point in his life. 20 years later, in the 1960's a journalist interviews Dr. Klein and reveals one of the doctor's past cases.