Kheìdidja, in her forties, works for a wealthy Parisian family who offers her the opportunity to take care of their children for a summer in Corsica. It's an opportunity for her to return with her daughters, Jessica and Farah, to the island they left fifteen years earlier in tragic circumstances.

Following the burial of his father, in his village right in the middle of the Corsican countryside , Dumè discovered the existence of a brother, Lucien, with whom he will have to share the inheritance left by the patriarch... On the condition of being able to live together for a month in the family home. Under the backdrop of cultural legitimacy and of real estate inheritance a balance of power will be established between Lucien, the blood son, and Dumè, the adopted son.

A small town in the Mediterranean wakes up. Antonia takes refuge and loses herself in the arms of young lover because she isn't managing to mourn her dead husband. Isabelle, an actress, struggles against a disease. Paola is a lawyer who defends women's rights. For her, seducing a man is a challenge laid down, and the challenges follow one after the other. Anghjula, a stay-at-home mother, must also mourn her husband even though he's still alive. Maria stays the course by hook or by crook in her domestic and professional life. Five friends who together chase after their lives.

Jack Palmer is a Paris-based detective with a huge ego. Ange Leoni is a rebel native of Corsica whose location can't be pinned down by even the most dogged of detectives. Approached by an obscure, small-time attorney and charged with the seemingly simple task of locating the missing Leoni, gifted gumshoe Palmer accepts the job under the assumption that it will be the easiest money of his professional career. But this superstar sleuth is about to find out just how mistaken he was...