In a village, seven friends sympathize with a new one who invites them to accompany him to a disused convent where he is vigil at night.

Laura, a social worker, is sent out on the road for her very first day, traveling from farm to farm to meet so-called “at-risk” farmers. Between the relentless calls from her supervisor and back-to-back appointments, the miles unfold a profession whose ideals sometimes fall out of step with the reality on the ground.