Há meses, Antoinette espera o verão e a promessa de uma semana romântica com seu amante, Vladimir. Assim, quando ele cancela as férias para ir ao Cévennes com sua esposa e filha, Antoinette não pensa duas vezes: ela segue o rastro deles.
Prades, France, 1940s. The exiled Catalan cellist Pau Casals decides not to perform any more in public until the fall of the dictatorship that oppresses Spain. Pierre, a young Frenchman studying with Casals, tries to convince him to celebrate an extraordinary concert as a tribute to freedom.
In a small village of Haute-Provence, it is an event. The abandoned bakery comes back to life. Aimable and his wife Aurélie bring out the first batch of bread for the happiness of the inhabitants. Among the first customers, Dominique, a young shepherd, does not leave Aurélie indifferent...