Haunted by his role in the sabotage of a U.S. nuclear submarine, a retired pipe-fitter must confront his past after the fall of the Soviet Union when a mysterious man enters his life.

In the early days of World War III, an American millionaire's daughter and a British aristocrat celebrate their wedding at a ritzy hotel. They hold lavish spectacles and debate about the nature of reality, while they anxiously consider the impending war.