Jean (Gabin, La Grande Illusion) - a deserter, arrives in Le Havre and looks for shelter before leaving the French territory. Housed in a shed on the harbour, at the end of the docks, he meets an eccentric and beautiful girl called Nelly (Morgan, The Fallen Idol)…From then on he will be trapped in a tragic destiny, in spite of his passion for Nelly and his will to live…