It's Paris, 1960. The ever-marvelous Fabrice Luchini stars as wealthy stockbroker Jean-Louis Jouvert, who lives a staid bourgeois existence with his perfectly presented socialite wife (Sandrine Kiberlain). But when the family's maid abandons them, into the residence comes Maria (Natalia Verbeke): young, hardworking, and... Spanish! It doesn't take long for the building to become enchanted by the new arrival.