Etienne是一个不成功的话剧导演，他在监狱组建了一支戏剧表演队伍，带着一组囚犯排练经典戏剧——《等待戈多》。 在他终于获得了许可带着一租囚犯出狱巡回演出的时候，Etienne重拾了自信。他们的首次公演虽然稚嫩，但得到了剧场老板的认同，Etienne与这些特殊演员之间的关系也变得更加密切。然而囚犯们却在谋划趁着演出期间集体出逃。

In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont (Romain Duris), traumatised by the horrific trench warfar, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa into the vast territories of Upper Volta in the company of Diofo, artist and also survivor of the Great War. From village to village, Georges uses Diofo's talents as a griot to recruit the villagers as labour for plantations in Ghana.
But his adventure leads him to a dead-end, and he comes back to Paris where is brother Marcel (Grégory Gadebois), a war invalid, lives with their mother's. After the war in Europe, life went out without him.
Georges will desperately try to find his place, with the help of Hélène (Céline Salette), a sign language teacher with whom he will have a tumultuous relationship, and his family, that he selfishly left behind.
He will finally attempt to heal their wounds, and his.

故事围绕着著名管弦乐队指挥蒂博展开。当他被诊断出患有白血病时，他开始寻找骨髓移植的合适捐赠者。随后他发现自己是被领养的，并且在北方有一个哥哥。哥哥是一名办公室职员，但也在当地一支即将解散的铜管乐队中演奏长号。在该地区唯一一家工厂即将关闭的背景下，他们的相遇标志着一段兄弟情、社会和音乐之旅的开始……