Este conto de fadas acompanha um menino andando pelas ruas de uma nublada cidade portuária povoada por estranhas criaturas aterrorizadas por Krank, um cientista louco que sequestra crianças órfãs para roubar seus sonhos, na tentativa de abrandar o processo de envelhecimento.
Cécile, a single mother, contrives to meet Gilquin, the married father of a classmate of her nearly-adolescent son. An affair ensues. Isabelle, approaching middle age with two children, discovers she's pregnant, goes into a funk, and arranges for a younger woman to seduce her husband. Adeline is distraught at her ex-lover's plan to leave France. The three women are colleagues at a radiology clinic. They come to each other's aid, but each must decide on her own what course to take: Cécile with Gilquin, Isabelle with her husband, and Adeline with her solitude.
