A 1930s Scottish doctor goes climbing in the Alps with an infatuated niece he passes off as his wife.

In 1939, at a Paris café, six friends of various nationalities vow to meet again at the same spot after the end of WW2.

An old and poor couple, Charles and Lucie, scrape by working as a concierge and an untalented antique dealer, respectively. But one day, their dreary daily routine is disrupted by…