Renato is expecting a visit from his daughter Natalie and his grandson. At the last moment, she calls to cancel. The old man leaves his house and goes for a walk in the park. When he comes home, Natalie has surprised him by bringing little Alexander.

Karim lives in Brussels and is finishing his accounting studies. He soon begins a romantic relationship with Sophie, a young woman he met at a travel agency. But life quickly becomes complicated when you are the son of immigrants, when you are faced, despite your successful studies, with rejection or unemployment, and when you feel torn between two worlds, two cultures! Without resorting to simplistic black-and-white thinking or pessimism, the filmmakers paint an endearing portrait of this couple as they struggle to find themselves, but also with great tenderness.

Fresh out of prison, Toni struggles to reconnect with her daughter Anna, who was raised by her grandmother Betty, while resisting the pull of her ex-lover Max's criminal world. Working at her uncle Frank's restaurant, she discovers his smuggling ties and Max involves her in a violent altercation on the docks. She faces pressure from the police and seeks redemption by getting away from Max. But trouble catches up with her, putting her family in danger. Toni will take all the risks to finally find a chance for her future with Anna and Betty.

Mireille watches her husband, Tom, undergo a radical change after being struck by lightning. As his behaviour grows increasingly strange, she is torn between clinging to her daily life and trying to understand what’s happening to him.