1981年法国大选，左派首次推翻保守派的长期执政，人们欢欣涌上巴黎街头庆祝祖国新生。然而，刚经历病痛与婚变的伊莉莎白，却面临了艰困的挑战，毫无工作经验的她，必须重回社会，抚养向往成为诗人的儿子、满怀社会理想的女儿，与因缘际会…

Nikolaï was abandoned at birth and has been in foster care ever since. Although a family would like to give the sixteen-year-old boy a home, he decides to make one …