Hannah Bailey has sealed her heart against love, she's resigned herself to a dead-end job and her catastrophic thinking is out of control. In fact, she's hard pushed to find a single reason for her existence - until the day she stumbles across a tiny cinema with just one seat - Cinema Lumiere is a cinema with a difference. No ticket is required and once inside, each customer is shown a subtly edited film of their life. But how does its French owner Victor make such films and why is he so determined to coax Hannah into that single red velvet seat?