The life of the inhabitants of a village in the Drôme region during the debacle of May-June 1940. Liberated, Cyprien Boromès returns to his village to learn that his daughter Rosine has had a child out of wedlock with the mayor's son, Bruno Besson.
Besson
Cyprien Boromès
Claudia
Bruno Besson
Le curé
Rosine Boromès
Le sergent
Le capitaine
Le cheminot
Mme Besson
Julien