在这部小荡妇剧情片中,本片是导演的处女作，讲述了一个几乎被家庭遗弃的20岁青年弗朗索瓦，终日靠捡破烂卖钱，后来他绑架了邻居的11岁小姑娘，但她也是个被家庭遗忘的笨拙女孩。弗朗索瓦把她藏在自家的小阁楼上，两人从起初的矛盾竟发展成为后来的一对情侣，互相从对方身上找到了慰藉和怜爱。警方后来审问他们时，他们也阐述各自不一的动机和原由。
Twenty-something François collects boxes and bottles and resells them to shopkeepers. He lives with his insensitive mother and stepfather. Mado a 11-year old, outsider of her family because of the oddness in expressing her feelings gets kidnapped by François. He takes her to live with him in the attic of his parents' home. Despite the circumstances, an increasingly comforting relationship evolves till the police discovers them. They see the situation under a completely different point of view. Based on a true story.
