Nikolaï was abandoned at birth and has been in foster care ever since       Although a family would like to give the sixteen-year-old boy a home, he decides to make one himself       He meets Camille, an intriguing fifteen-year-old wiseacre, and tries to convince her to make a child together       Nikolaï is convinced that he can handle any problem and wants to avoid at all costs that an adult thwarts his plans       Camille and Nikolaï flee together from the home and isolate themselves in the woods       In the heart of this gloomy, mysterious forest, Nikolaï will have to face his first feelings and learn to become a man       Soon, he feels that there are many things he cannot control