Julie, a French-Algerian girl, pays for her studies by working for a well-to-do couple as a caregiver for their son, an alert, somewhat spoiled child with health problems. The cohabitation, highly valued by Julie, whose appreciation for the wife goes beyond simple admiration, is threatened when the husband, Manuel, confesses to her that he is in love with her and asks her to leave the house: he wants to protect his marriage and his feelings for her put him in danger. But Julie doesn't want to leave and is willing to go further than Manuel expects in order to continue living there...