In the early 1940s, Canada is a country at war and Florentine is a young woman, from a very poor family, looking for love. She meets two suitable men, a nice soldier from a good and wealthy family, and an ambitious self-centered engineer. She must decide whether she wants to follow her head or her heart.—Steve Richer <[email protected]>

Saint-Henri, Montréal, in the winter of 1940. It is here that we meet Francine Lacasse, a young waitress working to help her parents support their too-large family. Francine is seduced by Jean Lévesque, an ambitious young man who then tries to foist her off on one of his friends. The film tells the story of this love triangle against the background of the family life of the Lacasses. Adapted from the novel by Gabrielle Roy.—Anonymous