Northern Brittany, October 1979. Juliette has isolated herself in her aunt's house to prepare for the bar exam. Her routine is strict: study, do a little exercise, study some more, and watch the evening news. The news revolves around a hunted activist, Raymond Treillas, accused of murder during a robbery. But one evening, he turns up at her house, wounded and armed. Forced to take him in, Juliette is faced with a dilemma: turn him in and seal his fate, or hide him and become an accomplice.