In the Alps, a caravan burns, enclosing a seasonal worker in its flames. Emilie Karras, a young gendarme from Lyon, originally from Les Clairies, leads the investigation, forced to collaborate with Major Servoz, a disillusioned local gendarme.

A businessman is forever changed, when he goes to see a play with his wife. He becomes infatuated with the leading actress, and is shocked to find that she is to teach him English.