Dan, a solider recently discharged from the army, takes refuge in alcohol to escape from life and other people. Despite his tortured state, his fiancee Nicole still believes they're a solid couple. Gaelle is desperately looking for love, but without any success. Her brother Thierry, a real estate agent, is very attracted to his colleague Charlotte. Her pious and devoted attitude masks the perverse game that she is playing with him. And, finally, there is Lionel. He combats his loneliness by dividing his life between his work as a barman and caring for his sickly father, Arthur.