Young Genevieve works in a family haberdashery store, selling umbrellas. She is in love with a car mechanic, Guy, and he reciprocates her feelings. But soon Guy is drafted into the army and sent to Algeria. When parting, the lovers promise to wait for each other. Then Genevieve finds out that she is pregnant, but there is still no news from her beloved, and the girl agrees to marry a wealthy and respectable man...