A young French woman who inherits her uncle's property in Algeria finds herself schemed against by her envious cousins, and romanced by a handsome but previously irresponsible young man who works for his uncle on a neighbouring farm.

Rival knights compete for the hand of a beautiful maiden in this period feature from Jean Renoir.

Colette, an engineer in a car factory, loves Jean, her colleague, who only sees her as a friend. Jean's childhood friend soon makes them fall in love.