The true story of Bernadette Soubrious, a young peasant girl who had a vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858. One day, guided by her Lady, Bernadette discovered a spring of water at Massabielle, a spring to which cures are attributed. This story is combined with the (fictional) story of a widowed drunkard, Philippe, whose wife died giving birth to their daughter, Camille. As Camille grows to look more and more like her mother, Philippe blames her for her mother’s death and begins to beat her. Camille is supported by her childhood friend, Henri, and when she is thrown out of her home by her drunken father, Camille and Henri plan to marry. But things change. Is it the waters which cause Phillipe to change his way of life? Is it the waters which give Camille the strength to forgive her father?