After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, the Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daughter and moves to the Lille suburbs with his mistress, who promises him a new butcher shop. Learning that she lied, the Butcher returns to Paris to find his daughter.

A small town nestled in the heart of the Vosges forest sees Yanis, a young outcast in his twenties, arrive at its train station. Taken in by one of the local hotel owners, Yanis finally thinks he has found a peaceful place.