In 1945, in Corsica, an important landowner named Ottavio Della Rocca decided to marry his youngest daughter, Vanina, to the son of the Caponi family. Because the old Della Rocca intends to consolidate his power while the Liberation redistributes the cards. But Vanina does not want to know anything about this union. During the war, she met a jazz musician in Marseilles and she can't imagine marrying another - even to save the family heritage. In the middle of the night, she flees and leaves the island. Enraged, Ottavio decides to disinherit her. But the idea of ​​giving up all her property to her two eldest daughters, Antonia and Flavia, does not appeal to her. Indeed, he blithely despises them...