A man leaves his 8-year old son with his father-in-law who lives near the glacier where the boy’s mother died.

Oulage has it all planned: New Year’s eve, at the stroke of midnight, he’ll finally kiss Brigitte, the girl he’s madly in love with. That’ll be the moment, because Brigitte…

Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.