The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family's housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family's idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan.

The life of lawyer Roxane turns upside down when her husband Samuel is accused of rape. She is forced to return to her underprivileged childhood town, where she must defend the local criminals she once fled.