In 1838, cigar-smoking French writer, George Sand and her lover, composer-pianist Frédéric Chopin rent a former monastery in Mallorca as a winter retreat. However, what promised to be a warm, sunny vacation soon turns sour.

Mallorcan society does not regard George Sand's adulterous relationship with musician Frédéric Chopin, six years younger than the writer and seriously ill with tuberculosis. So, when they travel to the island with the idea that the soft Mallorcan winter will be beneficial to Chopin, no one wants to provide accommodation. The only possibility that is offered is to settle in the inhospitable Carthusian monastery of Valldemossa, which lacked any comfort. The difficulties of their relationship, the fragile health of Chopin and the presence of George Sand's children, adds to the incomprehension and lack of hospitality of the locals.—jsanchez

The cigar-smoking French writer, George Sand and her lover, the composer-pianist Frédéric Chopin have rented a former monastery in Mallorca as a winter retreat. They have even shipped a piano to the site, so that Chopin can continue his work. However, what promised to be a warm, sunny vacation turns sour as the locals disapprove of Sand, the servants are surly and mysterious, and the monastery is cold. She has her revenge, however. She wrote the book A Winter in Mallorca about her miserable winter retreat. This film follows that book closely, with concern for historical accuracy, which did not increase the Spanish filmmakers' popularity with their countrymen.

In the winter of 1838, French writer George Sand and Polish composer Frédéric Chopin decide to abscond to an abandoned charterhouse in Mallorca, where they enjoy a nice sojourn surrounded by exuberant nature and a more adequate climate for the musician's tuberculosis. However, their sexual incompatibility and the presence of the writer's children, coupled with the rustic religious primitivism and fanaticism of the natives, who disapprove of the liberal lifestyle of their bohemian visitors, will create a rarefied atmosphere that Sand portrayed in the book that inspires this film.