Under his ordinary appearance, Dominique is not only an artist in the growing of flowers, but also an authentic wizard: without anyone knowing how, he has managed to convert a corner of Paris into a garden. His flower shop, L’Étoile Manquante, is the favourite haunt of Mercedes and Tilde, two Spanish emigrants who have been working in France for over forty years. They feel very alone because Mercedes's husband had left her almost as soon as they crossed the frontier, and Tilde had been unable to find the man she wants. One day, their peaceful, melancholy lives are invaded by the hurricane incarnate known as Violeta, a young woman from Madrid who is fleeing from a lover determined to pursue her.