在这部让-皮埃尔的嘴剧情片中,Modern-day France. One night, young Mimi helplessly watches her mother try to commit suicide. As the woman slowly recovers in hospital, Aunt Solange takes the little girl to her housing project. So as not to disturb things in the apartment, Solange puts Mimi in a corner near the door. But, from the first night on, the little girl's sleep is disturbed by the arrival of Solange's boyfriend, Jean-Pierre.
A ten year old girl is received by her aunt because of her mother's confinement to a mental hospital...
旁敲侧击地引申出导演对法国社会问题的关注。