Andrei, a pickpocket living somewhere in the north of France, has been waiting miserably for the miracle that will enable him to get his papers. On Christmas night, he chances instead upon an old friend of his father’s, who happens to be in the Mafia… and Andrei just made the grave mistake of swiping his wallet. His sentence is definitive: in twenty-four hours, he will be executed for his crime. A one-shot story with a realistic tone, structured around a thrilling countdown.