

While on their way to a dinner party, friends Paul (Vincent Lindon) and Hélène (Catherine Frot), a bourgeois Parisian couple, witness the assault of a young prostitute (Rachida Brakni). She seeks their help, but Paul locks the door and drives off. While Paul wants nothing more to do with the story, his traumatized wife inspects all the hospitals in the city. She eventually finds the victim in a coma and learns that she is being pursued by her pimps. Hélène decides to help her, even if it means wreaking havoc on her family and her life.