In Nazi-occupied Paris, most Frenchmen tread warily, but gay nightclub singer Yves Lacroix puts himself in the spotlight with every performance. As a veteran of Franceâs doomed defense, a survivor of a prison camp, and a âdegenerate,â he knows heâs a target. His comic stage persona disguises a shamed, angry heart and gut-wrenching fear for a sister embedded in the Resistance.
Yet Yves ascends the hierarchy of Parisian nightlife to become a star, attracting the attentionâand the protectionâof the Nazi Oberst Heinrich von Starck. To complicate matters further, young foot soldier Falk Harfnerâs naĂŻve adoration of Yves threatens everything heâs worked for. So does Aryan ideologue von Grimmstein, rival to von Starck, who sees something âa bit like a Jewâ in Yves.
When an ill-chosen quip can mean torture at the hands of the Gestapo, being the acclaimed Nightingale of Paris might cost Yves his music and his life.
In Nazi-occupied Paris, most Frenchmen tread warily, but gay nightclub singer Yves Lacroix puts himself in the spotlight with every performance. As a veteran of Franceâs doomed defense, a survivor of a prison camp, and a âdegenerate,â he knows heâs a target. His comic stage persona disguises a shamed, angry heart and gut-wrenching fear for a sister embedded in the Resistance.
Yet Yves ascends the hierarchy of Parisian nightlife to become a star, attracting the attentionâand the protectionâof the Nazi Oberst Heinrich von Starck. To complicate matters further, young foot soldier Falk Harfnerâs naĂŻve adoration of Yves threatens everything heâs worked for. So does Aryan ideologue von Grimmstein, rival to von Starck, who sees something âa bit like a Jewâ in Yves.
When an ill-chosen quip can mean torture at the hands of the Gestapo, being the acclaimed Nightingale of Paris might cost Yves his music and his life.