Sandra, a young woman forced to leave the south of France to flee a violent husband. Without attachment, she returned to Boulogne-sur-Mer, the city of her childhood which she left almost 15 years ago. She finds her mother there and a world she left behind. Without money, she is hired in a fish cannery where she befriends two workers. But one day, one of her colleagues tackles her insistently, she defends herself and kills him accidentally.

Cécile de Franceas Sandra Dréant, former Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Audrey Lamyas Marilyn Santos, fishmonger's employee
Yolande Moreauas Nadine Dewulder, fishmonger's employee
Simon Abkarianas Simon Bénéké, Sandra's father
Samuel Jouyas Inspector Digne
Béatrice Ageninas Sandra's mother
Patrick Ridremontas Jean-Mil, foreman of the fishmonger
Valentin Papoudofas Gaëtan, Mr. Boniface's henchman
Michel Masieroas Franck Dewulder, Nadine's husband
Vincent Mathias