因母亲亡故,16岁的少女茱妮(Léa Seydoux 饰)转学至一所新的高中,在与她同班的堂兄马提西亚(Esteban Carvajal-Alegria 饰)的介绍下,她很快结识了一班新朋友。美丽的茱妮吸引了男孩们的目光,连一向害羞内向的奥图(Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet 饰)也鼓起勇气向她表白,两人随之陷入热恋。 在意大利语课上,茱妮被曼妙委婉的歌剧感动,她的热泪和忘在桌子上的相片也令意大利语教师奈莫斯(Louis Garrel 饰)心有所动。当晚,奈莫斯与女友玛丽(Agathe Bonitzer 饰)分手,开始了对茱妮的追求……Sixteen-year old Junie changes high school mid-year, following the death of her mother. She finds herself in the same class as her cousin Mathias, who introduces her to his friends. All the boys want to date Junie, and she chooses the quietest among them, Otto Cleves. But soon after, she encounters the great love of her life, Nemours, her Italian teacher. The passion that burns between them is, however, doomed. Junie refuses to give in to her feelings and persists in denying herself happiness, which in her eyes is merely illusory.