What could be common between weaver May Smith and the wife of a wealthy American industrialist, Celeste Parks? The first holds her little daughter by the hand, full of hopes for a better future, the second returns to her family in America and is afraid of what lies ahead. But both of them are standing on the decks of the legendary Titanic and do not know that the next night will change their lives forever. The captain of the sinking ship will swim up to the boat in which the women will miraculously escape and hand over the baby to them. May will accept him as her own, but at dawn, when the fear of death gives way to hope, the poor mother will make a shocking discovery...