Cécile, a young villager, is blind, which does not prevent her from being loved by Jean-Claude, the son of a rich but heartless farmer. The latter wants to separate the lovers. To this end, he sends his son away to a distant conservatory, hides the letters Cécile sends him and does not tell Jean-Claude when Cécile loses her parents. The poor girl has no other choice but to find shelter with a drunk uncle but the brute soon dies in a fit of delirium tremens. Cécile, now begging in the streets, is sent to a hospital where her fervent prayers to the Virgin Mary are finally answered : her sight is restored. The couple is finally reunited.