Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.

The longtime mayor of Marseille is preparing to hand over the reins to his protégé when a sudden and ruthless battle erupts for control of the city.

In the schoolyard, Chloe, 8, pushes your buttons to Hugo to force him to talk to Eric, his future new dad, who soon leaves his wife and children to live with her and her mother.

A father who prides himself on being open-minded reacts rather badly when his wife gets involved in politics.