The movements of the soul are unpredictable. A young French teacher is increasingly thinking about this when she finds herself working at a school for girls from the Jewish community. The family and religious structure, the rules of behavior learned from an early age - everything, it would seem, contradicts her rapprochement with her pupils. But my heart reaches out to these lovely students. Especially to the tender and fragile Hadassah, an unpredictable girl with radiant eyes. Her reactions are touching, her feelings are deep. No less surprising are the relationships between adult men and women in this quarter. And, as often happens, love breaks out even where it is forbidden, sometimes against the will of the lovers. So can a person curb himself and renounce happiness? Each hero answers this question in his own way...