Friends, dinner, music - it's the life of a lifetime for Jim. After an evening filled with joy and good humour, it's time for Jim and Maé to go to bed. But when Jim wakes up, he finds himself in the middle of a gloomy corridor, surrounded by two doctors. Is it a nightmare or a return to reality?

French countryside, 19th century. A peasant woman finds herself in possession of a magical object: a monkey's paw that can grant wishes. She decides to use it, only to realize that the wishes are actually curses she must endure until the end...