A young girl from Rouen dreams about directing movies with Julia Roberts. Overprotected by her mother, she hopes to join a prestigeous cinema school in New York City, but nothing happens as expected, and her dreams are cruelly broken. Denying her fate, she leaves France to New York City, with her nutty-aunt's help, dreaming to give her screenplay to Julia Roberts herself.

In 1850, the Fox sisters organize a séance for a wealthy couple who want to summon the spirit of their deceased son to give them closure. When the girls' parlor tricks backfire, the audience begins to catch on.