»The film recounts the difficult genesis of a couple, and the reconstitution of a family long after a death occurs. It examines how three characters, Elise, Paul and Leo, are torn between their link to the past, and what drives them towards their future. … ere is no psychology in the film; the characters aren’t analysing themselves, yet they are seeking, hurting, questioning themselves and one another. All of this energy spent thinking without finding an answer creates scenes that can be serious at times, light-hearted at others.«
– Marilyne Canto

Wintertime. Elise, who works as a lecturer in a major Parisian museum, lives alone with Leo, her ten-year-old son. Her husband, Leo’s father, has been dead a long while. She is having a love affair with a man named Paul. They met before her husband died. Their relationship has always been chaotic. Her attraction to him is only matched by her violent need to push him away. As for Paul and Leo, they get to know one another over time. The two lovers are caught in a vicious cycle of comings and goings, alternating joyful and turbulent moments.