Twelve-year-old Antoine lives with his mother in Beauval, a small town where nothing much ever happens. But in the last days of 1999, a series of events unfolds, culminating in the disappearance of a child. In the years following Rémi's disappearance, Antoine wrestles with the role his actions played. As a seemingly inescapable net begins to tighten, breaking free from the suffocating environs of Beauval becomes a gnawing obsession.