Angele (Nathalie Baye) has been working at a beauty parlour for years, and has become a confidante to her clients. Outside of her job, however, she avoids close relationships, preferring the thrill of one-night stands. When long-time admirer Antoine (Samuel Le Bihan) reveals his love for her, she begins to succumb, but matters are complicated when one of her customers pours her heart out about her boyfriend - who happens to be Angele's new lover!

Xavier Dolan writes and directs this French drama starring Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Vincent Cassel, Marion Cotillard and Léa Seydoux. After being absent for more than a decade, celebrated playwright Louis-Jean Knipper (Ulliel) returns home to inform his family of his impending death. However, after early pleasantries are exchanged, Louis' arrival sparks heated confrontations between him and his widowed mother (Baye), his sister Suzanne (Seydoux), his brother Antoine (Cassel) and his wife Catherine (Cotillard), leaving Louis to ponder how he is going to break his news to them.