Into the solitary life of middle-aged hitman, Victor Meynard, come two people: Antoine, a youth who becomes Victor's apprentice, and Ren?e, a bold thief Victor's been hired to kill because she cheated a mobster. When circumstances prevent Victor from killing her, the gangster sends two more teams to do it (and to dispatch Victor and Antoine). Victor decides to help Ren?e, and the unlikely trio ends up at his house with his temperamental mother; there, as they hide out, Victor's attraction to Ren?e grows, she discovers his vocation and fears he's going to kill her, and an ultimate showdown with their hunters is inevitable.