The Tunisian born hero of the film decides to break with his disorganized yet habit-ridden life in Paris, and sets off to discover his homeland, which he left at 6 years old, and to rekindle the memory of his mother, who died when he was a child.

En 1913 sur la côte normande, Fanny Villatte, jeune femme passionnée, impatiente de vivre et d'aimer, renoue connaissance avec Marcel et Raoul Deccourt. Mais la guerre éclate, bouleversant leur destin...