When a technical failure makes an unwanted nuclear war likely to erupt at any moment, US military and political leaders argue about how to avoid their country’s destruction.
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
In the last days of WWII before Paris is liberated, the French Resistance and the Nazi occupiers struggle over a priceless collection of great paintings.