A poignant comedy about a mute who befriends Nicole, the little daughter of a prostitute. Gleason shows his considerable talents as an actor without uttering a sound as he plays the bumbling, kind-hearted janitor, Gigot. Gleason wrote the original story and music for this film. A bullied but optimistic mute lives alone in a small town. one day, he inadvertently took in a hungry and cold prostitute and her young daughter, triggering a touching story of joys and sorrows.