Rachel
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). La vida en la Francia ocupada es muy difícil. Marie Latour, una mujer casada, decide ayudar a una vecina a interrumpir un embarazo no deseado. Poco a poco empiezan a requerir sus servicios otras mujeres encintas, bien porque han sido violadas, bien porque sus maridos están en el frente. Mientras tanto, el marido de Marie, que permanece en casa debido a una herida de guerra, contempla sorprendido cómo mejora la economía familiar.
Elisa
Elisa and Eric are two teenage war orphans. They change their apartment on the outskirts of the city into a photo-studio to make a living, and they are very devoted to it. The two seem to live like heavenly beings without connecting to the outside world. Their only contact with the exterior is through Jacques, a loyal friend, but he also cuts himself out of any social life. The sister and the brother then take to get in touch with the world by Mrs Jean, a friend of their deceased mother with whom Elisa takes courses of singing. They live in harmony until a young man, whom Elisa falls for, eventually leaves with Eric for the USA and left her brokenhearted alone in France.
