This movie tells the story of Bruno (
Daniel Auteuil), a Communist newspaper journalist suffering a mid-life crisis. Torn between his wife Gaëlle (Emmanuel Devos) and his young girlfriend Nathalie (
Ludivine Sagnier), his political beliefs battered by the wind of history, Bruno seems to have lost his bearings. After responding to a call for help from his uncle (
Jean Yanne), who is fighting a losing battle for re-election as the Communist Mayor of a small town near Grenoble, Bruno gets lost in a dark forest. There he meets Béatrice (Dame
Kristin Scott Thomas), who does nothing to stop him from getting even more lost.
