Private Fears in Public Places

In contemporary Paris, six characters individually confront their emotional solitude as their lives intertwine. Dan (Lambert Wilson) is unemployed after being sacked from the army and spends his time drinking in a bar and telling his troubles to the longsuffering barman Lionel (Pierre Arditi). Thierry (André Dussollier), an estate agent, tries to find a new apartment for Nicole (Laura Morante), whose relationship with Dan is disintegrating. Charlotte (Sabine Azéma) lends Thierry a video of an evangelical TV programme that sparks unexpected connections among the characters as they navigate love, loneliness, and companionship in their lives.