As a heat wave brings a Marseille neighbourhood to the boil, three roommates gleefully meddle in the lives of their neighbours from their balcony. Until a late night drink turns into a bloody affair.
A couple of fisher-folk are joined by a young new apprentice in the middle of a raging storm.
With his one-eyed eye, his imposing build and his almost sixty years of age, Raphael knows that he scares people. He lives with his mother in a pavilion located on the vast estate of the manor of which he is the guardian. Since the owners died, he leads a quiet existence. Everything changes the night when the heiress, Garance, returns to the family home.
