An American sculptor, passioned by literature, comes to Paris to perfect his art, but ends up with barely no money, and to survive has to sell The New York Herald Tribune, at night, to his compatriots. A look at the bohemian Parisian life of the fifties.

Dans les années cinquante, un sculpteur d'Outre Atlantique vient à Paris. Il croit cette ville favorable à son travail. Pour survivre, il vend, la nuit, un journal de son pays à ses compatriotes.