Alen Bonnar, vladelec malen''kogo kinoteatra v Parizhe, pokazyvaet klassicheskie fil''my dlya nebol''shogo kruga postoyannyh posetitelej. V kinoteatre carit atmosfera starogo kinematografa - ehto zacharovannoe mesto, poteryavsheesya vo vremeni, gde skhodyatsya mechty i vospominaniya. Kazhduyu sredu v kinoteatr prihodit milaya zastenchivaya devushka po imeni Melani i vsegda saditsya v semnadcatom ryadu. Odnazhdy Alen priglashaet ee na uzhin, i ona s radost''yu soglashaetsya. Alen vlyublyaetsya v nee bez pamyati. CHerez neskol''ko dnej, sovershenno neozhidannym obrazom, zhizn'' Alena kruto menyaetsya, ego zahvatyvaet sumasshedshij vodovorot sobytij, kotorye sluchayutsya tol''ko v kino. Vse ehto moglo by stat'' chudesnym podarkom sud''by, esli by ne besslednoe ischeznovenie Melani…
