A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

Life in the big city. Thomas is a young artist, broke and unattached. Laetitia is an attrac- tive, intelligent young woman in high heels. A party. A dance. An invi- tation. The pair spend the night together – vacillating between hospi- tal and bed, between light-heartedness and high drama. They are the bright stars that give paintings their depth.

Victoria Spick, a criminal lawyer in a total sentimental void, grudgingly accepts to defend Vincent, while she hires Sam as an au pair. The beginning of troubled times for Victoria.