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In a large building in a Parisian district, Elsa lives alone. Her young neighbor Alice hears her playing the piano at home and enjoys it. Elsa suggests that she learn the piano and offers to play it at home, when she is not there. Alice thus gets into the habit of living in Elsa's apartment several times a week.
Joan is no longer in love with Victor, but it pains her to feel she is being dishonest with him. Alice, her best friend, reassures her: She herself doesn’t feel passionate about her partner Eric and yet their relationship is smooth sailing. She has no idea he is having an affair with Rebecca, their mutual friend. When Joan finally decides to leave Victor and he disappears, the lives of the three friends and their relationships are turned upside down.
Lila welcomes her friend Agathe, who is moving in as a roommate. Lila must also get rid of the bulky drum kit left behind by her ex. Should she sell it or give it away? To whom and how? Agathe and Lila share their ideas. Lila decides to be generous and gives it away on an online platform, unaware that this simple gesture will lead her into a series of adventures.
For a residency organized by the University, Miranda Ackerman, a writer, returns to Caen where she lived a decade earlier. She is astonished to discover that the University is hosting her in the very house where she lived with Richard, her partner at the time. Richard now teaches at the university. As they reconnect, she begins to be disturbed by presences in the house.
Lina, a film director, learns from her friend Judith that Bastien, the highly professional sound editor she works with, is a serial seducer. Lina doesn't pay much attention to it, especially as she can't see any signs of him corroborating this reputation, but those around her keep asking her questions...
Julia, a sickly jealous woman, begins psychotherapy with Doctor Albertini in an attempt to control her obsessions. But when Sandra, the new colleague of his partner Caroline, enters their lives, her torments redouble. Until the day Sandra is found murdered.
Les Belles Portes neighbourhood. Elsa is staying at her father's house while he is away on holiday, when her brother Jacques unexpectedly comes back from China.
After a break-up, Jimmy has returned to live in the neighborhood where he lived as a student. He knows the streets, cafes, and discussions among friends by heart. And yet, this afternoon, everything seems foreign to him, apart from his sorrow.
This is the story of an actor who trains, a man who remembers, a son who mourns. It is also the story of a book, and of a character who enters into it.
