A group of four young workers, caught up by a need for change, decide to head for the sea after a day of work. Elsewhere, farther away, a young woman, victim to solitude, wanders in the streets of Paris.

Benjamin is worried about his herd since Aminte, his apprentice, prefers to dream under the trees. Aminte would like to live in Arcadia, where Silvie would love only him. Although his friends Tirsis and Dafné try to help him, only the god Amour could really do it...