1981年法国大选，左派首次推翻保守派的长期执政，人们欢欣涌上巴黎街头庆祝祖国新生。然而，刚经历病痛与婚变的伊莉莎白，却面临了艰困的挑战，毫无工作经验的她，必须重回社会，抚养向往成为诗人的儿子、满怀社会理想的女儿，与因缘际会而暂时收留的街头陌生少女。一个屋檐下，四个截然不同的灵魂在醉人的巴黎努力生存；生活的残酷与不堪，随着摇曳且迷幻的乐声，被塞纳河畔的夜色轻轻抚慰。

Nikolaï was abandoned at birth and has been in foster care ever since. Although a family would like to give the sixteen-year-old boy a home, he decides to make one himself. He meets Camille, an intriguing fifteen-year-old wiseacre, and tries to convince her to make a child together. Nikolaï is convinced that he can handle any problem and wants to avoid at all costs that an adult thwarts his plans. Camille and Nikolaï flee together from the home and isolate themselves in the woods. In the heart of this gloomy, mysterious forest, Nikolaï will have to face his first feelings and learn to become a man. Soon, he feels that there are many things he cannot control.