Crans-Montana in the 1960s. Year after year, three enchanting young women meet in the glamorous holiday resort: Chris, Charlie, and Claudia. A few boys are hopelessly infatuated with these siren-like figures. For the boys, being doomed to observe the "three Cs" from a distance - on the ski slopes, by the pool, in the nightclub - means that even the most inconspicuous gestures hold the world for them. And then there are their unbeatable rivals: the Italians. Years go by, eccentric parties are celebrated, marriages are formed, and still Chris, Charlie, Claudia, and their former admirers strive for perhaps the unattainable: lightness, love, truthfulness. The golden days tell of the rise and fall of a jeunesse dorée, of their innocent first loves and later profound obsessions. A breathtaking balancing act between.