Food is becoming scarce in the area, violence is on the rise and the slightest movement will unleash an imminent war. Despite this, a country man named Conrad is willing to overcome everything to win the hand of the beautiful Susanne, his dear childhood friend. She doesn't share his feelings and can not see herself living in the countryside all her life.
Everything changes when Ebano, the hungry and exhausted lion Agreste, is caught stealing crops to eat. His punishment is what's common for his kind - death.
Could their meeting change everyone's life forever?