A story of friendship between a young convict who is forced to work in a retirement home and a group of crazy old people. Together they organize their escape.

Following a city councils decision, a women's shelter will soon be closed and social workers have only three months to accommodate the residents.

65-year-old Claude zooms about on her little motorbike, scratching scratch cards and living off bogus cheques. But the local population has had enough. The old lady must either settle down or disappear.

In a region that was once the flagship of the mining industry, two long-term unemployed men come up with the idea of building an "artisanal" amusement park on the site of a disused coal mine. By saving the mine and its memory, they will regain their strength and dignity.