Attractive widow Jeanne tells Charles that she is getting married again and kicks him, along with his dog, out of her house. With no other resource except a tiny pension, it's the street that awaits Charles and his dog. No hand reaches out to him and his dignity forbids him to hold out his own. When they find themselves on the railway tracks while a rattling train bears down upon them, they wonder if it signals the end of their lives or the beginning of a new life.