Cassandre, mère célibataire et vigneronne fraîchement installée, lutte face aux contraintes que lui impose son métier. La menace d’une tempête plane au-dessus d’elle néanmoins, son inquiétude n’empêchera pas la grêle de s’abattre sur son domaine et de dévaster sa future récolte. Son abnégation saura-t-elle rivaliser avec les éléments?

35-year-old Jean still lives with his mother in a small village in Corsica and works as a cook in the family's restaurant. His future, to his great despair, is all mapped out: he'll take over the restaurant. But one day Nora, a young and forceful woman, is thrown into the sea from a racing yacht. She washes up on the beach at Jean's feet - adventure has at last knocked at his door.