塞巴斯蒂安（里卡杜·达林饰）的两个女儿，卢娜和卢卡和她的前妻德利娅（贝伦·鲁艾达饰）住在一起。每次塞巴斯蒂安去接她们，总要玩“比比谁先到楼下”的游戏。塞巴斯蒂安从七楼乘电梯往下，而两个女儿走楼梯，德利娅很不喜欢这个游戏。一天，塞巴斯蒂安到达了一层，却始终不见两个女儿的踪影。卢娜和卢卡被人绑架了，绑匪向塞巴斯蒂安要了一笔…

对于依旧单身的茹贝尔先生（法布莱斯·鲁奇尼FabriceLuchini饰）来说，他古板的个性和所从事的那份股票经纪人的无趣职业十分的相配，与此相反的是，这样的他居然爱上了和自己完全不在同一个生活圈的女佣玛利亚（娜塔丽娅·沃拜克NataliaVerbeke饰）。通过玛利亚，茹贝尔认识了许多和玛利亚一样的，生活在社会底层却依旧对生活充满了希望与热情的…

The tenants of an old boarding house are terrorized by an evil slumlord. One day a strange man arrives at the house and begins to help them with their problems.

based on a poem by 14-year-old Leda Rodis, this poignant and deeply felt film by Russian director Serguei Bassine imagines the very personal story of a woman trapped in the World Trade Center on 9/11, illustrating the powerful hold that love has on us in the face of terror.