在第二次世界大战期间，一位叫马塞尔的法国农民希望母亲约瑟芬重获新生。自从她的长子失踪后，她就一直处于植物人状态。与此同时，他开始帮助受战争影响的人们，却不知道自己会惹上多大的麻烦。

During the second world war, a French farmer named Marcel hopes to see life again in the eyes of his mother, Josépha. She has been living in a vegetative state since the disappearance of her elder son. At the same time, he begins to help people affected by the war without actually knowing how much trouble he is going to get in.