├ëtienne is barely twenty when he falls in love with Val├®rie. They are hardly any more when their daughter Rosa is born. And then, one day, Val├®rie leaves and never returns. He chooses not to make a drama of it and builds a happy life for him and his child. Sixteen years later, when Rosa is about to lead her own life, ├ëtienne recognizes his wife in a television report. The past brutally resurfaces, and father and daughter are propelled into one last chaotic family journey.