Catherine, a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her best friend from childhood, Marie-Alexandrine (Max), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years. Catherine and Max were Québec's most promising young pianists in the mid-1960's when the adventurous Max gets pregnant. She wants to keep the child, but her mother forces her to give him up for adoption; afterwards, Max leaves Québec and music. Now, years later, she returns, obsessed with finding her son. She locates the adoption records, and social services contacts her son to ask if he wants to see her. He refuses, but she keeps trying. Is a relationship with him possible? And what about her musical talent?

Ce film est la quête d'une mère pour son fils, d'une amie d'enfance pour son enfance et son amie. Mais c'est aussi le désir profond d'essayer de trouver enfin une sensation de paix pour affronter le vide peut-être inévitable qui risque d'envahir à nouveau la vie de Max et Catherine.