九岁的马蒂尔德与母亲生活在一起,父母因为各自的原因分居了。马蒂尔德的母亲是一位十分脆弱且濒临崩溃的女人。两人之间却发生了一些独特的关于爱的故事。Mathilde Zasinger, nine years old, living in Paris, is a little girl like who would be like all others if she did not have a mother suffering from mental disorder. Madame Zasinger is a loving mother but her behavior is unfortunately erratic and unpredictable. She does strange things like wandering at night in a wedding dress or take the train all the way to Normandy not knowing why. The best thing she has ever done is to have given Mathilde a wonderful present, an owl which the faculty of speech. From the day the bird entered her life, the troubled little girl has had a friend and confidante that helps her bear the situation as best as she can.