在这部庭院情缘剧情片中,Antoine是一个音乐家，如今他已经40岁了，他突然决定放弃他的事业。经历了无所事事的几天后，Antoine得到了一份服务员的工作。Mathilde住在巴黎东部的一栋老房子里，Antoine也在这里工作。这位充满活力并且慷慨的退休人员花费了她的大部分时间在慈善工作上，并监督这栋老房子的管理工作。
一天晚上，Mathilde在她的卧室里发现了一个让人担忧的裂缝。渐渐的，她由焦虑转为恐慌，她开始怀疑这栋老房子是否会坍塌。Antoine担心Mathilde这样下去会陷入疯狂，慢慢的和这位老女人成为了朋友……
Antoine is too depressed to go on playing in his rock band. After wandering in the streets, he decides to seek an occupation. Unskilled as he is, he is lucky to be hired as the caretaker of an old Paris apartment building. He soon proves good at his job, even if he performs it a little eccentrically, and everybody grows fond of him. Antoine also develops a particular friendship with Mathilde, a recently retired woman who lives in the block and whose mental balance is deteriorating...
