一天清晨某村庄的沟壕里出现了一具僵死的女尸。在警察的调查下，死者莫娜（桑德里娜•伯奈尔 Sandrine Bonnaire 饰）的流浪岁月由此被揭开。她身背大包四处露营，与落魄的流浪汉同居在一处房子里，一起抽烟睡觉。一个老妇人的女仆尤兰德满心羡慕莫娜和流浪汉的自在状态，不满男友保罗的简单粗暴。某夜保罗入室行窃打昏流浪汉，莫娜随即不辞而别。接下来她遇到了一对放牧的夫妇，他们给了她土地和住所，期望她能努力过上平静踏实的日子。莫娜不以为然重新上路，在路上搭便车结识了以研究树木为职业的兰迪尔，兰迪尔给予了莫娜短暂的帮助后两人便分道扬镳。此后莫娜又在途中结识了剪葡萄树枝的工人阿兹，无人知晓莫娜的流浪将把她引向何处……

Simone inherits a dilapidated farmhouse in France and makes her way there with her husband Eric and their two children. Her dream is to turn the house into a bed and breakfast but as the hectic pace of the rebuilding gets underway, she gets caught up in the romance and chaos of it all. Losing sight of her goals, she must find her way back to the dreams and ambitions which brought her there in the first place.