The Great War is over, and life is slowly modernising in rural France, but old attitudes and prejudices die hard in the small village where 19-year-old Marie is growing up. When valuable precious jewels go missing in the household where she works as a maid, Marie is accused by the family of stealing them. The close-knit village is quickly divided by the accusation and daily life becomes difficult for Marie and her father. Struggling to deal with the...