In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own...

A steel worker is brutally fired. One morning, while brushing his teeth, he discovers with horror that a piece of wood growed from him back, as an outgrowth of his own body. Soon the piece of wood becomes a sign on which is inscribed in large letters: 'UNEMPLOYED' ... With this sign he will now have to live everyday, facing the gaze of the other people, the employers, his wife ... The task will be...

In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own...