Mathieu (Emmanuel Schwartz) works as a public writer in a community center in Montreal. Soon he discovers that his role is much more about humans than literature : he must first listen and then find the words to console his touching customers (Sandrine Bisson, Denis Houle, Johanne Fontaine, Louise Bombardier). In the midst of austerity, the survival of the center is threatened more than ever since its grant has not been renewed. As if that was not enough, a real estate developer wants to buy the building, tore it down and build brand new condos. How to survive in a world where what’s trending is the ‘’me, myself & I’’ and where the gap between the poorest and the richest makes no sense? This is the fight that Mathieu tries to lead everyday in the company of his associates from the center, Sophie (Ève Duranceau) and Hautcoeur (Luc Senay).