Three decades in the lives of a group of friends, who all share a love of and dedication to the theater. In 1974, friends Aurelian, Barbara and Antoine found a new Paris theater. For their first production, the troupe works with fledgling actress Jeanne and Chilean dissident actor Luis Miguel Suerte. But just as Aurelian is falling in love with the elusive Jeanne, she disappears. As the years go by, Aurelian finds work as a director but still carries the memory of Jeanne with him, unable to forget her.