Josephine and Iris, sisters with opposite personalities, have their relationship radically transformed while working on a book.
In a region that was once the flagship of the mining industry, two long-term unemployed men come up with the idea of building an "artisanal" amusement park on the site of a disused coal mine. By saving the mine and its memory, they will regain their strength and dignity.
Three women in their late thirties, one with marital problems, one trying to be perfect, and a spinster, discuss their relationship to men.