Andreas Kartak, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris, is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he can afford to. Kartak is determined to pay back his debt but circumstances, and his alcoholism, forever intervene.

圣诞节前夜，一个大学生被雇佣到修建阿尔卑斯山水坝得工地工作。在那儿，他遇到一个与他父亲年龄相仿的男人。他们之间产生了一段身后的友情。