Pauline, a devoted and generous home help nurse, raises her two children alone, while also looking after her father, a former steelworker. Taking advantage of her popularity, the directors of an extremist political party suggest she become their candidate at the mayoral elections.

Émilie Dequenneas Pauline Duhez
André Dussollieras Philippe Berthier
Guillaume Gouixas Stéphane Stankowiak, dit Stanko
Catherine Jacobas Agnès Dorgelle
Anne Marivinas Nathalie Leclerc
Patrick Descampsas Jacques Duhez
Michel Ferraccias Dominique Orsini
Jean-Louis Sbilleas M. Biaggi
Charlotte Talpaertas Nada Belisha
Cyril Descoursas Jean-Baptiste Verhaeghe
Pierric Gantelmi d'Ille