Anne, a theater director, adapts L'Assomoir by Emile Zola in which she plays the role of Gervaise. The characters' story echoes her own personal life.

With a cinéma vérité approach, immersing itself in the daily lives of these artists possessed by a living, burning fire, the camera explores the creative process up close with the characters.

Through mise en abîme, the film challenges the blurred line between fiction and reality, where life merges with art.

A documentary approach that questions intimacy, drama, passion, work, and love, while seeking to shed light on what is most vibrant, timeless, and universal in life.