Until the age of two and a half, Amélie described herself as an inert, vegetative digestive tract. Then came the seminal event that plunged her into the world of childhood. Over the next six months, there followed a succession of discoveries: language, parents and siblings, the Garden of Eden, passions, disappointments, the seasons, time itself...
Marty Mauser, a young hustler who plays ping pong with boundless ambition, will stop at nothing to achieve his dream. With the help of, among others, film star Carol Dunne, he will show the entire world his greatness.