A ballet producer returns to his native town and schemes to avenge himself on the family who tried to murder him 20 years before.

Henri Chatelard is well into his forties, owns a restaurant and a cinema in the city, and appreciates women. When he meets Marie, an 18-ish strong-head who just lost her father in a small fishing village, it is not clear who is the hunter and who is the prey.

A new doctor in a quiet Quebec town sparks rumors and accusations when anonymous letters allege an affair with a married woman.