Lucien - 11 - lives retired with his mother Cécile and his older brother in a village in the Ardennes. He is a secretive boy who avoids contact as much as questions. When his grandmother dies, a prison release is granted to his father to attend the funeral. Seeing his father grieve, handcuffed and protected from the popular fury by an impressive police deployment hurts Lucien. Against the advice of his family, Lucien decides to see his father again. At the risk of losing everything...

Lucien, jeune garçon qui vit retiré avec sa mère Cécile et son frère aîné dans un village des Ardennes, porte un lourd secret, il fuit le contact autant que les questions. Il se rapproche pourtant de Freddy, le père de Lies, sa seule amie, et passe son temps dans la modeste scierie de celui-ci. Mais lorsque la grand-mère de Lucien décède et qu'une sortie pénitentiaire est accordée à son père pour assister aux funérailles, tout bascule.