Set against the picturesque springtime in Paris, the prime minister's daughter marries a buttoned down cabinet official, but when her new husband starts stepping out behind her back, the young bride takes of for the Riviera.
 
        A determined priest and a Communist mayor develop a grudging friendship in spite of their official rivalry.
 
        A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.
 
        