Gérard Lanvin is shrewdly cast as Pierre, a retiree with a misanthropic disposition and an alley cat where a best friend should be. After a strange accident on the banks of the Seine, the likeably unlikable curmudgeon is forced to endure a month in a hospital bed. The casts and the catheters present no obstacle to Pierre’s favorite pastime. However, he is soon wagging fingers at everything from the regimented mealtimes to the problems with today’s youth. Just wanting to be left alone, instead a constant parade of nurses, doctors, police inspectors and his cigarette-supplying brother Hervé makes Pierre feel like an exhibit at the zoo. Even worse, it’s also beginning to make him feel more human than he’s felt in a long, long time.
