Mélan, a persistent man with weirdly specific and unattainable standards, goes dating over and over again. He cumulates deceptions and leaves an odd impression on women as he tries to find what he seems to consider perfection.

Mélan, a persistent man with weirdly specific and unattainable standards, goes dating over and over again. He cumulates deceptions and leaves an odd impression on women as he tries to find what he seems to consider perfection.

Mélan, a persistent man with weirdly specific and unattainable standards, goes dating over and over again. He cumulates deceptions and leaves an odd impression on women as he tries to find what he seems to consider perfection.

In an inner courtyard of a working-class neighborhood, in the heart of the 1950s, Charlotte discovers a barefoot, inconsolable child. She sets out to retrieve his pair of shoes, hanging from an electrical wire above their heads. Soon, neighbors of all kinds join the effort. But the task proves much more difficult than it first appears.