Adrien

In small town Trois-Pistoles, Quebec, middle aged Adrien Dube works as an automobile mechanic at the combination gas/service station Dube and Son, he the "son" in the business name, his elderly father, Roland Dube, still handling the business' administrative functions. Adrien has been on dialysis treatments at the hospital for five years now - three times a week, four hours a session - while he awaits the possibility of a new kidney. His health issues have taken a toll on his marriage of twenty years to Anna, especially as they both realize that it has devolved into a relationship of she mothering him which they both hate. They are hoping that new kidney, whenever it becomes available, will bring some normalcy back into their lives. To get away from all of his problems, Adrien will often take his small outboard motor powered boat out in the middle of the river, and just lie there in solitude. To ease the work burden, Adrien decides to hire another mechanic. Against his father's advice, he hires early twenty-something Raphael, who has no formal experience but who says he can fix anything and who he does not know from a hole in the wall. In reality, Raphael is trying to escape his sheep farming life with his mother, Marie, their farm just outside Riviere-du-Loup. Raphael is biding his time until he turns twenty-five and can get his father's inheritance which has been placed in trust. Although he does his work adequately enough, Raphael is more interested in hanging out at the convenience store across the street so he can flirt with the clerk, Marjorie. What Adrien eventually learns and about which Raphael has no idea is that they have a shared history, that reconnection to his past which affects how Adrien decides to view and live his life, especially in light of his ever changing health.