누구보다 자유로운 삶을 즐기던 사진가 파스. 우연히 여행지에서 만난 전직 종군기자 세자르와 깊은 사랑에 빠지고 곧 아이도 생긴다. 아직 마음의 준비가 안 된 파스에게 엄마가 되는 일은 불러오는 배와 달리 공허하다. 답답한 현실을 견디지 못한 파스는 결국 잃어버린 자신을 찾아 떠난다. 몇 달 후, 세자르는 예멘에 파스가 있다는 소식을 듣고 그녀를 찾아 나서는데…
January 1957, in a small town in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. A middle-class house, the home of two sisters, Clara and Thérèse, whose characters could not be more different. After their father is institutionalized, the two women take over the family business, which specializes in precision optics. One day, the floor of the music room collapses after being ravaged by termites. Karoly, a Hungarian refugeee and jack-of-all-trades, is hired to repair the damage. The Hungarian's presence causes ripples in the seemingly unchangeable life of the two sisters...
A young Frenchwoman Claire, resting with her friend on an island in the Mediterranean Sea, becoms the victim of harassment by the local police commissioner Castes. Accused for disturbing public order, and then in the drug trade, she gets to the women's prison. Vacation turns into a nightmare ...
