La recién casada Rebecca deja la cama alsaciana de su marido en su preciada motocicleta, símbolo de libertad y escape, para visitar a su amante en Heidelberg. En el camino, ella se entrega a sueños psicodélicos mientras revive su relación cambiante con los dos hombres.
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.