Georges has Down syndrome, living at a mental-institution, Harry is a busy businessman, giving lectures for young aspiring salesmen. He is successful in his business life, but his social life is a disaster since his wife left him and took their two children with her. This weekend his children came by train to meet him, but Harry, working as always, forgot to pick them up. Neither his wife or his children want to see him again and he is driving around on the country roads, anguished and angry. He almost runs over Georges, on the run from the institution since everybody else went home with their parents except him, whose mother is dead. Harry tries to get rid of Georges but he won't leave his new friend. Eventually a special friendship forms between the two of them, a friendship which makes Harry a different person.

8. gün

Tıp fakültesinden mezun olur olmaz Lucie ile evlenen Paul hayatı boyunca yaptığı seçimleri sorgulamadan yaşayan saygıdeğer bir cerrahtır. Karısı Lucie ise kendi kariyerini, iyi bir beyin cerrahı olan kocasının bu temposuna uyum sağlayabilmek için bir kenara iter. Hayatını oğullarına ve sevimli yuvalarına adamıştır. Paul da her zaman karısına karşı çok sadık ve iş arkadaşları tarafından hep saygı gören birisidir. Ama çok geçmeden, hayatlarının sonbaharında, bütün bu düzeni tehdit eden bir şey ortaya çıkar.