Pierrette never really left "Le Blason." The owner's cheeky voice still echoes in this tiny café in the Pays de Caux. She, who loved novels so much, continues to tell her favorite story: how her older brother, René, a dockworker from Dieppe from a poor family of thirteen children, set sail to live the life of an artist in America.

Between rural and commercial areas lives a father, a special education teacher who can no longer connect with those around him. His encounter with a new colleague brings about a slight shift in his life. He will learn to see his own world differently.