His name, Bernard has always felt, carries a danger, despite all its niceness, even a comical harmlessness. And now, Bernard has turned 50 and believes in a quiet life until the end of his days, when it happens: a series of catastrophes sweeps away all certainties. It begins with Nathalie, Bernard's wife with her beautiful, long, black hair, which he finds so magnificent that he would have been content just to be married to her hair. When Bernard and Nathalie's daughter Alice moves out at the age of 20, a crisis begins to brew in their otherwise harmonious marriage, which expands into a debacle. But that's not all. What can be revealed in good conscience is that this, in the best sense ordinary and otherwise likable man is not prepared for what lies ahead. Whether it’s work or the behavior of good friends, nothing can be relied upon anymore.