1981, Paris. Aspiring poet Ellis Thaler is in love with student Jane, and she reciprocates his feelings. The doctor Jean-Pierre is also in love with Jane, but so far to no avail. Ellis and Jane soon quarrel, Ellis is forced to return to the US, and Jane marries Jean-Pierre. It seems that this is a simple love story. But in fact... Ellis Thaler is a CIA agent, one of the best operatives specializing in capturing terrorists. Jean-Pierre is a French communist recently recruited by the KGB to work among the Afghan mujahideen. And Jane... is just a feminist, but this is enough for patriarchal Afghanistan, where in a year she will end up with a young husband...