Barmaid Sylvie is a single mom living with her two sons, Sofiane and Jean-Jacques. One night, Sofiane is injured while being alone in the flat which results in placing him in a foster home. Sylvie is determined to bring her son back home.

En esta reversión de la historia, una enigmática enfermedad asola la Francia del siglo XVIII y origina una confrontación brutal entre los rebeldes y la aristocracia.