Family matters take a turn for the worse when Sylvia's (Isabelle Huppert) life as a prostitute stretches her relationship with her daughter, Laurence (Maud Forget), to breaking point. Having tracked down the errant lady of the night, Laurence is disappointed by what she discovers. Cold and rude, Sylvia wants nothing to do with her fostered daughter. But an accident brings the two irrevocably together, as well as reuniting them with Sylvia's ex-husband in this captivating drama.