Sisters Suzanne and Maria have an intensely close relationship. They experience a happy childhood even though their mother died when they were still very young. Nicolas, their father, copes as best he can, sometimes loving, sometimes uncomfortable, until the day that Suzanne becomes pregnant. Charly is born; the family expands. Years go by and Suzanne meets Julien, a young man who is a bit of a hoodlum. They fall deeply in love. Suzanne will go away with him, abandoning everything behind her.