ln May 1940, the German troops enter France. Frightened by the progress of the enemy, the people of a small village of Pas-de-Calais decide on the recommendations of the prefecture, to give up everything to go on the road, fIeeing to the coast. Among them, there is Paul, the vilIage mayor. He Ied the group, seeks to maintain a minimum of order and republican spirit in this nomadic Iife. Mado, his wife, pIays music trying to find the fragrance of those that took place in his coffee in the viIlage. Suzanne, a young teacher, goes to meet to choose the Ieast congested route. And she especiaIly supports a small German boy, Max, 8 years old, whose father Hans was arrested after the decIaration of war. During the Arras attack, residents are reIeased from prison and abandoned in the deserted city. Hans managed to flee the city, accompanied by a Scottish officer, Percy, whose entire unit died under German buIlets. These two will travel together. Hans seeking to recover his son who fIed the viIl |