A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.

Three tired figures stagger into the middle of a ploughed field. Suddenly, the land owner and his thugs enter and demand to know what right these strangers have to sit on his land.