The hero emerges as a valiant young man, orphaned at an early age, in the delightful city of New Orleans. Then World War II occurs and he is sent off to war, where in Paris, amid all the turmoil, he meets the love of his life. After the war he returns to New Orleans, vowing to return to Paris and his new found love. Yet he soon learns of her mysterious disappearance. Fighting his own demons of despair, ruin, desire and revenge, he realizes he must go on, leaving the festive city of New Orleans, ever seeking the light of his life.