the true story of Emilie Carles, born in a village in the Hautes-Alpes at the beginning of the 20th century. She is the only one of six children from a peasant family to pursue her studies. And at what price! Émilie's days are double, in the fields and at school. At the age of sixteen, she left her valley for Paris, where she obtained her teacher's diploma. A new world, new ideas. Returning home to teach, Émilie teaches her pupils tolerance, rejection of war and pride in peasant traditions...