There are no coincidences! Aurélie, who took over her father's restaurant Le Temps des Cerises after his death, is convinced of this. On that fateful Friday in November, when Aurélie is more unhappy than ever before, she notices a novel titled The Smile of Women in a bookstore. Surprised, she comes across a sentence that refers to her own little restaurant. After reading the entire story, Aurélie suddenly no longer wants to die. However, there is one thing she desperately wants - to meet the author of this novel, who she believes has saved her life without even realizing it. She wants to thank him and invite him to her charming little restaurant, which he apparently already seems to know. But her wish proves to be a difficult, if not impossible, endeavor. All attempts to contact the shy author fail.