Thierry Marconnet

Sylvain, a 72-year-old man, learns that he is going to lose his sight just as his daughter is about to give birth to her first child.

Paul Château-Têtard, a 45-year-old bachelor from the best of Parisian nobility, has – for the first time in his life – to take the Metro, and even buy a ticket. It is with extraordinary luck that the beautiful young Ava happens to be sitting at the counter: a spark ignites and wedding bells begin ringing in the distance.