A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.
Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Louis Mahé
Catherine Deneuve
as Julie Roussel
Michel Bouquet
as Comolli
Nelly Borgeaud
as Berthe
Martine Ferrière
as Landlady
Marcel Berbert
as Jardine
Yves Drouhet
as Detective
Roland Thénot
as Richard
