LE PÈRE NOËL EST UNE ORDURE

"The city is a monstrous beast that mercilessly devours the weak... But that is without counting on a handful of volunteer men and women who created Détresse Amitié to shatter this wall of silence," so goes the greeting message on the helpline's answering machine.

Yet on Christmas Eve, these words echo louder in the cold and freezing night, and the desperate arrive one by one, like moths to a flame.

The rules were clear though! Détresse Amitié receives nobody on its premises: but that is without reckoning on Zézette, Félix, and the scandalous Katia, who take turns invading the office in search of a sympathetic ear and settle their disputes right in the middle of the living room. Pierre and Thérèse no longer know where to turn to restore order at all costs. As for kind Preskovic, he wants to join in what he believes is a neighbors' party. Just as well, he has chocolates left...