On ne badine pas avec l'amour

In his little country estate, the Baron rejoices at the imminent return of his son Perdican and his niece Camille, whom he wishes to marry to one another and who seem to have loved each other tenderly since childhood. But Camille welcomes her cousin coldly.

Warned against men whose fickle nature she fears, the young woman yearns for an ideal, exclusive passion that she believes can only be found in God. Humiliated by Camille's rejection, Perdican avenges himself by courting Rosette, the pretty peasant girl and foster sister of his cousin...

This game of seduction blending pride, vanity and love will gradually turn dangerous...