Max has lost his legs in a tragic accident, but that hasn't stopped him from living his life as an artist full of pride, passion, and vitality. He has many friends who feed off of his energy and many admirers of his work, except for Lucie. She is the ghostly survivor of a past shared with Max who returns to haunt him with late night phone calls. Finally she appears in the flesh in a window across the street from Max's apartment, determined to resurrect their painful past and destroy his comfortable present.