 The summer of 1939. Marie, at 13, goes with her parents to visit her grandmother in a small town near Avignon. Although rumors of war reach the countryside, it s an idyllic place. Marie s parents are constantly making love. Surrounded by sexual frankness, Marie fancies herself a woman and develops a crush on Alexander, the town s young Jewish doctor. She s despondent when he treats her as if she were a child. After Marie s father abruptly leaves for a few weeks to assist with a relative s harvest, Marie s mother and the doctor disappear into the woods for hours at a time. Marie tries to spy on them. When dad returns, what will the family and the doctor do?