朱利安是個文靜乖巧、成績優異的小孩，是所有父母心目中夢想的孩童模範。他的父母在他小時候離異，因此他由父親撫養母親則隨時可有探視他的權利。但在12歲生日後，他的父母將為他的撫養權而對薄公堂，面對心中摯愛的父母一夕間反目成仇，朱利安最後的選擇竟是投向海洋的懷抱...。

Fourteen-year-old Tao witnessed the arrest of his mother, accused of collaborationism. He decides to go to his grandfather in Paris and on the way meets Mary, an eleven-year-old orphan.