[1] It is based on the 1974 Prix Goncourt winning novel La Dentellière by Pascal Lainé.

Left by her lover, Marylène suggests that the two girls take a holiday by the sea at Cabourg.

Befriended by the shy student François, the two become lovers and Béatrice moves into his room in Paris.

Though he introduces her to his well-off parents and his intellectual friends, she is unable to mix in their worlds.

Full of remorse, François visits her but she wants nothing: she has found a quiet place that suits her inwardness.