To Paint or Make Love

William and Madeleine live in town at the foot of the mountains. Married for a long time, faithful and in love, they have a tidy life. Their only daughter left for Italy, they only have to take care of themselves. During one of her walks on the surrounding hills, Madeleine sets up her easel in front of an old house and meets Adam, a fine, cultured and blind man. He shows her the house she is painting: it is for sale. It's love at first sight, William and Madeleine buy it. The weeks following the purchase, William and Madeleine live a period of great happiness. Their new life is organized in the proximity of Adam and his young companion Eva who live a few hundred meters away. The day their new friends' house burns down, William and Madeleine have no other desire than to take them in...