Two poor, unemployed Lille women become friends. After a vehicle crash, Marie flat-sits for a mother and child in comas. Isa moves in. Isa is untrained and wants to move south. Marie is either furious or indifferent. While Isa reads to the infant in their flat in the hospital, Marie falls for an affluent adolescent. Marie first avoids him, then follows him and dreams he is her life's love. When Isa warns Marie, their friendship falters. Marie's response? What happens when they lose the flat?