June, a 17-year-old French girl, moves schools after her mother's terrible death. Even though Junie spends most of her time in her brain, her beauty and stoicism attract the attention of the whole male student body. Junie begins a relationship with Otto Cleves, a kind and compassionate man, but she quickly becomes enamored with Nemours, her handsome and charming Italian language teacher. Problems begin to arise when Nemours reciprocates.