After a somewhat cloistered, morally upright existence and a life devoted to legal matters, Félix Raminet, at the age of 66, achieves a lifelong ambition in passing his driving test, and immediately embarks upon the ultimate quest for liberty, a 300km drive from Paris to the seaside town of Saint-Malo. His meeting with Jane, a generous, free-spirited, young American at a gas station will irremediably change the course of his existence.
