Monsignor Reynold is a World War II drama series set in at the time of occupied France.
After going against the wishes of his family to join the Catholic Church twenty years earlier, Monsignor Renard returns to the town where he was born.
He finds confusion, mainly caused by an ineffectual Mayor who is at pains to reassure the anxious populace that threats of occupation are premature.
Reynard is given a cool reception by his brother Yves who is resentful that Reynard escaped the running of the family business and he's accused of scaremongering when he disagrees with the Mayor.
As the series unfolds, Renard faces various life-changing dilemma's - including the brutal rape of the daughter of the girl he left behind.