Michèle is the new French consul in a South American country. She quickly discovers that the government is, in fact, a dictatorship. Moreover, her seventeen-year-old daughter is involved in the revolution against the regime.
Jeanne, her second husband, Michel, and her teen daughter Marie live quietly in the South of France. However, Jeanne's secret past comes back to haunt her.
When she arrives in Paris, young Pascale, a 19-year-old provincial, discovers a shady world: the atmosphere of the Paris metro is full of surprises of all kinds.
