故事发生在1860年的巴黎，杜弗先生（安德烈·加布里埃洛 André Gabriello 饰）带着妻子（雅内·马尔肯 Jane Marken 饰）、女儿昂利艾特（西尔维娅·巴塔耶 Sylvia Bataille 饰），以及在店里帮忙的小伙计安纳道尔（Paul Temps 饰）一起前往乡间度假，他们的目的地是布兰叔叔（让·雷诺阿 Jean Renoir 饰）经营的小旅店。
Susie, a plain young country girl, secretly loves a neighbor boy, William. She believes in him and sacrifices much of her own happiness to promote his own ambitions, all without his knowledge. Eventually he rises to a position of success and sophistication, and Susie realizes that she has through her own efforts raised him to a level where he is inaccessible to her.
