A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do they know that the son, Guy-Hubert Bourdelle, is far from being the cowardly hairdresser he pretends. He is in truth the Germans’ most feared opponent: le super-résistant!
Polish Martin Gray recalls the Holocaust, New York prosperity, and losing his wife and family.
