A scene is Paris on the eve of Second world war.A hero is a surgeon rescuing human lives, refugee, from Germany, without documents, hiding both from frenchmen and from nazis.A heroine is the Italian actress, surrounded by admirers, irresistible and hot-tempered, as all artists.And time, when falling in love had to meet, and the city pierced by feeling of imminent catastrophe, also become the heroes of it novel.It is history of love contrary to everything, to love, though and causing pain, but also granting endless gladness.