Hunting And Gathering

Camille is doing her best to disappear. She barely eats; works at night as a cleaner and lives in a tiny attic room. Downstairs in a beautiful; ornate apartment; lives Philibert Marquet de la Durbelliere; a shy; erudite; upper-class man with an unlikely flatmate in the shape of the foul-mouthed but talented chef; Franck. One freezing evening Philibert overcomes his excruciating reitcence to rescue Camille; unconscious; from her garret and bring her into his home. As she recovers Camille learns more about Philibert; about Franck and his guilt for his beloved but fragile grandmother Paulette; who is all he has left in the world; and about herself. And slowly; this curious quartet of misfits all discover the importance of food; friendship and love.