Destiny or choice. What governs our lives? When Louis XIV threatens death to Huguenots, a silk weaver must decide.
The year is 1686 and in France, the king plans to revoke the Edict of Nantes, which for over 100 years gave protection to followers of Jean Calvin’s teachings.
After receiving news of the horrendous death of his clergyman uncle, Pierre Garneau, a Huguenot silk weaver, is prepared to flee his beloved country rather than denounce his religion. However, his sixteen-year-old daughter discloses her desire to stay in France. She is intent on marrying her worldly-wise cousin, Marc Garneau, whose lifestyle her father finds objectionable. Unbeknown to Pierre, the lovers slip away to spend a day on a deserted beach. After Pierre smuggles his family out of France to England and Cousin Marc departs with the French East India Company to India, the consequences of her actions become known and Pierre discover that nowhere is life without problems.
A staunch Calvinist, Pierre lives by the philosophy of predestination and that his fate is already sealed. Louise and Marc, on the other hand, believe what William Shakespeare once wrote. "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves..."