The cigar-smoking French writer, George Sand (Lucia Bose) and her lover, the composer-pianist Chopin (Christopher Sandford) have rented a former monastery in Mallorca as a winter retreat. They have even shipped a piano to the site, so that Chopin can continue his work. However, what promised to be a warm, sunny vacation turns sour as the locals disapprove of Sand, the servants are surly and mysterious, and the monastery is cold. She has her revenge, however. She wrote the book A Winter in Mallorca about her miserable winter retreat. This film follows that book closely, with concern for historical accuracy, which did not increase the Spanish filmmakers' popularity with their countrymen.

La sociedad mallorquina no ve con buenos ojos la relación adúltera de George Sand con el músico Frédéric Chopin, seis años menor que la escritora y gravemente enfermo de tuberculosis. Por eso, cuando viajan hasta la isla con la idea de de que el suave invierno mallorquín será beneficioso para Chopin, nadie quiere facilitarles alojamiento. La única posibilidad que se les ofrece es la de instalarse en la inhóspita Cartuja de Valldemossa, que carecía de toda comodidad. A las dificultades por las que atraviesa su relación, a la frágil salud de Chopin y a la presencia de los hijos de George Sand, se suma la incomprensión y la falta de hospitalidad de los lugareños. (FILMAFFINITY)