Marion, a young dancer, begins preparing her first show as a choreographer. Meanwhile, the props team and stage managers are getting the ballet PLAY ready.

In the Bastille workshop, Jiajun, the painter, starts a new project: his first architectural canvas. At Garnier, Charles Edouart, the chief inspector, begins his long walk through the corridors, while on stage, thousands of balls fall from the ceiling during the rehearsal of Alexander Ekman’s PLAY.