After Marty loses her parents, her aunt reluctantly takes her in, leaving Marty to dream of the day her favorite uncle will be able to take her away. Finally a letter from him arrives, inviting her to a house in France. Packing her few belongings in an old suitcase, Marty flies to France, where she is met by a strange man who tries to turn her away. She finds out that he is the owner of the house, not her uncle, and that her uncle had actually passed away four months ago…