After studying political science in Paris, Antoine decides to go to Strasbourg to become a parliamentary assistant at the European Parliament. His motivation: to find his ex-girlfriend Cleo, who is a television editor. Half-documentary, half-fiction, with the students of the Théâtre National de Strasbourg.

A young actor takes part in rehearsals for a short film, a director's adaptation of a short story by Rilke. The role she offers him resonates with his own life; the characters in the text awaken his own ghosts.