As the country explodes under racial tensions after the assassination of Martin Luther King, writer Romain Gary, humanist and animal lover, and his wife, star Jean Seberg, civil rights activist, welcome an abandoned dog into their home, trained to jump at the mouths of blacks: a White Dog.
During a blizzard on Thanksgiving, a ticket agent with a troubled past is stranded at his small town train station with four strangers, a racist security guard, and his bitter ex-girlfriend.
