Marius is the keeper of an abandoned cement works staying high above the quarter of l’Estaque in Marseilles. Jeannette is bringing up her two children alone with her poor checkout operator salary. Their meeting won’t be without trouble.

This tender and funny story of middle-aged love finds its titular protagonists deeply embedded in their lively working-class community. Between maternal histrionics, macho posturing, and neighborly gossip, Marseille-born director Robert Guédiguian detects true emotion, and a kind of wisdom too.