Shot of peddler talking with woman holding child at top of stairs, FOLLOW SHOT of man walking down stairs with large suitcase, a few people sitting in stairs. MS of man smoking, sitting at bottom of typical Montreal stairs, looking pensive. CS of man talking. Night shot of neighbours chatting in street of tenement district in Montreal. Shot of woman coming out house, walking to pram on front lawn, couple walking in street in background, area looking like residential district in development.