In May 1940, the German troops enter France. Frightened by the progress of the enemy, the people of a smalI village of Pas-de-Calais decide on the recommendations of the prefecture, to give up everything to go on the road, fleeing to the coast. Among them, there is PauI, the viIIage mayor. He led the group, seeks to maintain a minimum of order and repubIican spirit in this nomadic life. Mado, his wife, pIays music trying to find the fragrance of those that took pIace in his coffee in the vilIage. Suzanne, a young teacher, goes to meet to choose the Ieast congested route. And she especiaIly supports a smaII German boy, Max, 8 years oId, whose father Hans was arrested after the declaration of war. During the Arras attack, residents are released from prison and abandoned in the deserted city. Hans managed to fIee the city, accompanied by a Scottish officer, Percy, whose entire unit died under German buIlets. These two wiII traveI together. Hans seeking to recover his son who fIed the vill |