At the end of June in Paris: Mireille accompanies his friend Thomas, a solitary and restless being, during a walk to Père Lachaise. Thomas is very agitated, worried. He confides to Mireille that he wishes to be cremated in the event of death. In September: after a period of holidays, Mireille returns at her home. She and his friends do not any more manage to contact Thomas. After investigation, Mireille learns that Thomas died in August, only. As he has no family his body was interred in the square of the needy of the new cemetery of Thiais. Mireille wants to honor the last wills of his friend, but the law is strict: to dig up the body and cremate it, the services of the city hall have to have the signature of a member of Thomas's family. Mireille learns that Thomas had a younger brother, Melchior. But But the young man, marginalized, abandoned for years by his older brother, refuses to sign the licence to dig up.

静谧的法国小城蒙德-马桑，两个从小一起长大、一起念音乐学校的男孩：钢琴（César Domboy 饰）和单簧管（Adrien Dantou 饰），维持着半是恋人半是好友的散漫关系。当单簧管决定去巴黎深造，他们每年变得只有几天能见面了。尽管也会想念，但对彼此 了解越来越少的男孩们发现他们已经无法跟上对方的步调，而这一切与别离无关......