Fair is fair

A man called Constant (Daniel Auteuil) escapes from prison. Since the police are looking for him, he hides in an abandoned canal boat near a remote village. The local gossips jealously guard the banks, clearly not used to seeing new faces: Jeanne (Sabine Azéma), who has been depressed ever since her José died; Silvia (Medeea Marinescu), her adopted daughter, a pianist who dreams of getting her hands on her inheritance and moving to Paris; Melchior the dog... and the neighbors who used to dance on the houseboat in its glory days: Horace and his daughter Mauricette; Victor and Martha; and Eric and Vincent.
However, one of the women in the village recognizes Constant. She agrees to keep quiet on one condition: that he kills someone for her...
But things don't turn out as planned... And a potential tragedy turns into a love story.