Toward the end of a war he hasn′t fought in, a man decides to become a hero, or rather to impersonate one - to invent a richer, more admirable life than his own. In tumultuous Paris of 1944/45, he becomes a virtuoso liar and, via omissions and allusions, builds up his persona. After entering the Resistance movement, he is asked to hold an important post in the French occupation zone of Germany. This man will obtain everything from nothing: glory, friendship, power, love...