A glamorous seaside resort bathed in summer light. A place where bougainvilleas reach into the hotel lobbies, where every summer a cup is awarded for "Beauty and Elegance," and "Kings for a Day" are crowned, while the gilded youth idly spends perfume-scented days. It is to this place that 18-year-old Victor is drawn, where he encounters two mysterious figures among the summer guests, René Meinthe and Yvonne Jacquet. Who is this man? Who is this woman, into whom he instantly falls in love? Twelve years later, in winter, Victor returns. He tries to capture the faces, the delicate moments, the moods of that time once again. But the memories are like a mirage, and youth - lost?.