Tony Barrett is a writer whose career has gone downhill and whose recent works have come out dull and without soul. He goes to the provinces to find inspiration there in peace and quiet. The hero's wife, who is used to life in the metropolis, quickly leaves him alone. Tony meets a community of Polish immigrants and decides to write the story of a simple and sweet girl Manya. But the longer they communicate, the stronger the forbidden feelings that flare up between them...