Paris in 1957. Literature student Anne, in the company of her brother Pierre, attends a party. There he meets the writer Philip Kaufman, an American expatriate who has found himself on the McCarth Entertainment blacklist, theater director Gerard Lenz, who puts on stage a low-budget production of Shakespeare's Pericles, as well as his mysterious companion Terr/. At the party, Anne learns of the death of their friend Juan, who is said to have committed suicide due to his disappointment in love. But Philip thinks differently. When Anne gets a part in Gerard's production through a combination of circumstances, she decides to unravel the mystery that obsesses this bohemian society. Philip warned her that the evil forces that murdered Juan would soon be directed against Gerard.
Pariz leta 1957. Študentka književnosti Anne v družbi brata Pierra obišče zabavo. Tam spozna pisatelja Philipa Kaufmana, ameriškega izseljenca, ki se je znašel na McCarthyjevi črni listi, gledališkega režiserja Gerarda Lenza, ki postavlja na oder nizkoproračunsko produkcijo Shakespearovega Perikleja, pa tudi njegovo skrivnostno spremljevalko Terry. Na zabavi Anne izve za smrt njihovega prijatelja Juana, ki naj bi naredil samomor zaradi razočaranja v ljubezni. A Philip meni drugače. Ko Anne po spletu okoliščin dobi vlogo v Gerardovi produkciji, se odloči razvozlati skrivnost, ki obseda to boemsko druščino. Philip jo je namreč posvaril, da se bodo zlobne sile, ki so umorile Juana, kmalu usmerile tudi proti Gerardu.