Claudia and Martín have been looking for him for years. Days pass and the relationship deteriorates until an unexpected event revives it: Martín meets a couple who has it.

Father Lebonnard, a former watchmaker who made a fortune, remains simple while his wife is only dreaming of worldly affairs and pushes his son Freddy to marry Bianca, the daughter of the Marquis de Rocafort, their neighbor. She feeds a similar project for her daughter Mariella.