A cold December night. After a series of peculiar encounters, two little girls cling to the last remaining glimpses of Christmas magic.
A retired public figure and history professor begins to lose his memory and must learn to be more discreet as he expresses himself.
Willy's quest to find Marlena, his lost love, takes him from Mexico to Canada, where he is hired as a seasonal worker at the Bécotte farm, near Montreal. Several destinies intersect, worlds collide, tensions rise and moments of magical realism emerge during long work days.
Catherine is a teenager going through adolescence just as her parents are getting a divorce. Her social life is no better as bullies and boys add to the pressure of growing up in the chaotic '90s.