Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.
An unlikely friendship develops between a hitman and a suicidal guy who have both checked into the same hotel for different reasons.
The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son, investigating judge and the girl, a journalist.
