Antoine - a grieving loner - spends his days in a cafe on Place Clichy watching people. Every day, he sees a woman he calls Albertine get out of the subway and go to the movies. Today, he takes it upon himself to talk to her. Thus began Antoine's down-going.
Out of sight, a factory produces a chromic-sulfuric mix which is used in the industry to dissolve organic matter. Zaïna and her apprentice Romuald keep a watchful eye on the aera.
