The lives of two dissimilar girls turned out in different ways.

The drifter Isabelle 'Isa' Tostin travels to Lille to meet her former boyfriend but he has traveled to Belgium. She looks for a job since she has no money in a clothing factory, and befriends Marie Thomas, who also works in the factory. Despite their differences of behavior, they become friends. Marie is taking care of an apartment, whose owners have had a car accident, and Isa stays with her in the place until the day that a tragedy happens.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Lille, two penniless young women with few prospects become friends. Isa moves in with Marie, who's flat-sitting for a mother and child in hospital in comas following a car crash. Isa is out-going, unskilled, with hopes of moving south to warmer climes. Marie usually is either angry or detached. Then, while Isa begins to visit the child in whose flat they live, going to hospital to read to her, Marie slowly falls for a rich youth. At first Marie keeps him at bay, then she not only pursues him, she begins to dream he is her life's love. When Isa tries to warn Marie, their friendship flounders. How will Marie handle the inevitable? And once they lose the flat, where will they go?—<[email protected]>