After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist harassment as they try and locate a particular loyalist, and he pushes back.

父亲带着十几岁的女儿和朋友以及他的十几岁女儿一起度假。在聚会上，父亲开始和朋友的女儿有染。她想揭露这段关系，迫使父亲在与朋友的真相或欺骗之间做出选择。