It is the 12th of June 1940 in the small village of Villeneuve in the Jura. The local doctor, Daniel Larcher, is attending a birth. Raymond Schwartz is falling in love with one of his employees, Marie. Schoolteacher Lucienne takes her young students on a class trip where a German plane fires at her charges…

24 June 1940. After having wandered aimlessly, Daniel and his family come back to Villeneuve. As doctor and deputy mayor of the village, he is considered by the Germans as being solely responsible for the refugees packed into the church. While Daniel organises aid with the help of Jean Marchetti, a young police officer, Raymond tries to find Marie, whom he has not heard from for a week...

30 September 1940. The village school is being used as barracks. A cut cable infuriates the Germans who demand that the French police find the person guilty of what they consider to be sabotage. While Jean, De Kervern and Daniel are opposed to a collaboration between the French police and the Germans, Raymond hesitates, as working for the Germans would save him from bankruptcy...

October 15, 1940, an English pilot falls from the sky. Jacques, a former convict turned smuggler is trying to get him across the line. But they need to act quickly, because the Germans are already at their heels. As for Lucienne, she received a letter, which she believes to be a revocation letter related to the death of children in her class during a dramatic event on June 12 for which she is held solely responsible. Raymond finds Lorrain, Mary's husband thought to be dead at the front ...

7 November 1940. During a film showing, the audience takes advantage of the darkness to boo the handshake between Pétain and Hitler. The French police are called in to find the guilty party. Raymond is caught in the arms of Marie by his maid, Sarah...

11 November 1940. With the help of Suzanne, the head of the post office, Marcel launches a campaign to distribute Communist leaflets. Very quickly, Jean is on to them...