Willy can no longer hide his feelings for Marlena. The problem is Marlena belongs to a Mexican drug lord to whom Willy is employed, and an attempt to steal the boss’s woman would have disastrous consequences. Willy tries anyway and succeeds in winning Marlena’s heart, but the lovers are forced to flee for their lives to locations unbeknownst to each other but far from Mexico.
Marlena seeks refuge in Montreal with a family member, and Willy manages to find summer work on a Quebec farm picking lettuce. The only clue to Marlena’s whereabouts is a locket from a Montreal jeweler she gave him before they parted.
The farm owners are kindly at first and Willy gets along with everyone, making it a suitable sanctuary in which he can use his few hours of leisure time to search for his lost love. However, his kind-hearted and naive nature soon lands him in trouble again after he is falsely accused of sexually assaulting the farm owners’ daughter, Lèa, who is desperate to escape farm life.