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Etienne, a war reporter and photographer, is going through a difficult and dramatic period in his life. During one of his assignments in a war-torn country, he is taken prisoner. When Etienne is finally released, he is faced with the problem of how to return to normal life. The man returns to the village where he spent his childhood, to his mother, who is tired of waiting for him, and who raised him without a father. His loyal friend Enzo and his childhood friend, Geoffranca, are ready to support him morally. The three friends unite around the problems of the present and the mysteries of the past because of the urgency of an important question: what part of a hostage is in each of us?

The story that Jeanne Benamer tells in Hostages of the Soul, which won the 2016 Jacqui Bouquin Prize for Literature, is deeply moving. The novel outlines the paths to true freedom - the one that can be found only by comprehending the innermost within oneself.