Antonio and Elisa, a newlywed couple, go on honeymoon to a seaside hotel, where he, a crime reporter obsessed with uncovering a major crime, finds his big opportunity.

Bocage was a former naval officer, a cultured gentleman, a passionate man, and a poet. He lived in the second half of the 18th century and had a series of relationships, writing love poems to his Three Graces: his colleague Márcia, a wild girl, and her two sisters.