Alain Bonnard, the owner of a small art house cinema in Paris that once belonged to his uncle, is a nostalgic by conviction. In his Cinéma Paradis, there are no buckets of popcorn, no XXL cola cups, and no Hollywood blockbusters. A poor concept for survival. Yet Alain remains committed to his quality standards. He wants to show films that inspire dreams, and he enjoys the people who come to his cinema. Especially that enchanting shy woman in the red coat who appears every Wednesday and always sits in row 17. What kind of story does she have? One evening, Alain gathers his courage and invites the beautiful stranger to dinner. The most tender of love stories is about to unfold when something happens that turns the life of the unconventional cinema owner completely upside down: Cinéma Paradis is to be the setting for Allan Woods' new film Tenderness.