Julien Joubert

In a rural setting on the weather-beaten French Atlantic coast, the ten year old daughter of a single mother is implicated in murder. Crime scene evidence contradicts the story of the talented, introverted child as expressed in her Mangas.

A village in the Tarn region in summer. They work in offices or factories, are doctors, teachers, or retired people. They come together to tell a story, and to sing it. Songs seep into everyday life, becoming a part of the landscape.

That evening, Victor, aged thirteen, does not want to go home. Also, ayoung woman, Sandrine, pushes away the the moment when she will find her lonely flat. Night is falling, in Orléans, shortly before Christmas.