Overview

In the seaport of Cherbourg in northern France, an amoral young man is convicted of theft and spends an unpleasant stretch in the slammer. Released into the city's mean streets, he turns to prostitution to support himself. At first, Luc prospers, by selling himself. But then his former cellmate also gets out of prison, and reconnects with him. Does Luc want to submit again to his brute of an ex-con lover? Or will things be different between them on the outside?