Winegrower Patrick Ponsac comes close to ruining his marriage when he has an affair with another woman. By way of atonement, he takes his wife back to the Mediterranean island where, 13 years earlier, they spent their honeymoon. Not such a good move, as it turns out. The peacemaking holiday coincides with the outbreak of a bloody civil war. Having failed to leave the country, Patrick, his wife and their eccentric entourage are taken hostage by merciless guerrillas…

Pour harmoniser ses relations devenues quelques peu difficiles avec son épouse, un viticulteur bordelais décide de l'emmener en pèlerinage dans un hotel-club au large des Balkans, qui treize ans plus tôt a abrité leur lune de miel.