An Oklahoma roughneck recovering from a checkered past works a few months at a time to save money to travel to Marseilles, France, where his daughter is serving time for murder. They don't have a great relationship, but he believes her to be innocent, and during one visit — despite few resources, connections, or language skills, along with a history of making things worse — he decides to stick around, find some work, and ask some questions.
Do you want to stir up that water, Monsieur Americain? Zees ees not Oklahoma.
Apparently, though, he does.
