Fazia is a middle-aged housekeeper. She seems tired and tormented by personal problems. For the past few months, she has started her days with the Martin-Pelissard, a small bourgeois family, who is reluctant to do the necessary paperwork to make it official for her. This morning, an unexpected incident will exacerbate the social pressure she experiences on a daily basis and make her live a race against time to try to keep her job.