A couple of provincials without history, Marie-Louise and Gauthier Leroux find themselves projected in the heart of Paris, in the Latin Quarter, because they inherited a small hotel, the Hotel Buque, which belonged to an old relative, nicknamed the Buque . This one, died in the explosion of the kitchen of the hotel, was adored by the employees and its regulars. Marie-Louise, while awaiting the sale of the hotel, takes care of the day-to-day management. But she ends up getting attached to it.