Today is the "day for the elimination of violence" but Julia, a nonchalant high school teacher, is not paying attention when Ethan tries to confide in her.

Two mismatched strangers, Martin and Adele, try to unravel the mysterious disappearance of Martin's son and Adele's father, who were living together a couple.

Noémie should be happy. She is young and pretty, has a companion and a job, but she has nightmares, she feels blue all the time and seems to have lost the taste for life. One day she reads a book by Schopenhauer and suddenly understands the roots of her problems. Her childhood dream, becoming a ballet dancer, was thwarted and shattered and fulfillment was denied her...