Chantel is happy: her son's away at school playing soccer, she and her husband get along, her neighbor Agnès is her best friend, and her job at a government office is easy. When her husband is laid off and she wonders for how long, her office pal Jackie recommends Alban, a psychic (and compulsive gambler), who promptly tells Chantel of a curse on her that will take three sessio...。故事发生在1940年,德军的铁蹄踏上了法国的土地,让这个美丽的国家满目疮痍。一间屋子里,老人(让·马力·罗宾 Jean-Marie Robain 饰)和他的侄女(妮科尔·斯黛芬 Nicole Stéphane 饰)相依为命,战火并没有扰乱他们平静的生活。 某日,一位名叫凡尔奈(霍华德·沃侬 Howard Vernon 饰)的德国军官同老人和侄女住到了一起,出于自尊和立场,老人和侄女始终对其保持沉默。然而,随着时间的推移,两人发现凡尔奈不仅彬彬有礼,还对法国文化持有着特殊的尊重与喜爱,慢慢的,同在屋檐下的一对男女之间产生了真挚的感情。然而,巨大的隔阂和沉默横埂在两人之间,他们该如何处理这段生不逢时的爱情?。