Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories are threatened by
the dangers of prejudice and war. Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love
with a mature French planter, Emile. Nellie learns that the mother of his children was an
island native and, unable to turn her back on the prejudices with which she was raised,
refuses Emile's proposal of marriage. Meanwhile, the strapping Lt. Joe Cable denies
himself the fulfillment of a future with an innocent Tonkinese girl with whom he's fallen in
love out of the same fears that haunt Nellie. When Emile is recruited to accompany Joe
on a dangerous mission that claims Joe's life, Nellie realizes that life is too short not to
seize her own chance for happiness, thus confronting and conquering her prejudices.
Rated: PG
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