A great disappointed love once encouraged the vocation of Sister Claire, who, however, forgot nothing. She follows in their daily life three young girls beloved and badly brought up by a widower, an artist with measured comicality. Sister Claire will save one of the sisters abandoned by her seducer.

Les Ailes blanches raconte l'histoire d'une religieuse ayant eu une épreuve douloureuse qui a abouti à sa vocation. Elle suit la vie de trois jeunes filles, et sauve l'une d'elles du suicide.