Jazz musician Albert Fallou is deeply in love with American doctor Webster O'Connor. When the Germans invade, Alber grows worried for his and Webster's safety, and for his own freedom as a Parisian of west-African heritage.
When Webster and his colleague Henriette trial their plan to smuggle patients out of the hospital, Albert is keen to leave too, and turns to Webster for help. Webster is keen for them to stay put. Before long, however, Albert's fears become their reality, and he is interned in a camp just outside Paris, where he defies their racial profiling by forming a classical orchestra of inmates.
