A director makes a film about her family in the little village Villereau in northern France, just by the border to Belgium. She follows what happens in the village during a time of severe crisis, where lack of information creates fear, paranoia and excesses among the villagers and her family. Based on the award winning short documentary Excess Will Save Us, the universe established in that film expands into a feature hybrid film depicting life in the countryside at a time of fundamental crisis in Europe and the Western world. This new account will retain its humor and visual force, but give a deeper understanding of the people that live there and the meaning of returning.

短片的男主角是一名强迫症患者，每天早晨起来，他以近乎变态的准则洗漱用餐。餐具、拖鞋、衣服、领带乃至药片的摆放必须极度规范，不然他绝对无法接受。整理完毕后，男人整洁一新地出门，来到一家便利店打工。作为收银员，他更为热衷的大概是整理货架。商品的标签、摆放顺序必须整齐划一，完全一致。最令他不能接受的是那些随随便便的客人。他们晃里晃荡走进门来，摸摸这，碰碰那，拿起来看看，又随意地方下，不经意间破坏了收银员的精心布置。收银员对此实在无法忍受，他跟在客人后面，以最快地速度整理被人们弄乱的商品，甚至偏执到了影响其他人挑选商品的程度。 　　然而这还不算变态，他的强迫症令你无法想象……