Mathieu is a public writer in a poor neighbourhood of Montreal. In the past years, he discovered that his job is more about people than literature. He must first listen and then finds the right words for those who can't write. Inspired by his last years as a public writer, Mathieu publishes his first novel. The critics are ecstatic, but the book surprises Mathilde, his employer, who fires him right away. What will happen to the public writer?