Wanting to learn more about his Jewish heritage, a French philosophy professor moves to an Israeli kibbutz located near the Golan Heights in 1965. He is followed by a non-Jewish former student who abandons her aspirations of becoming a concert violinist to be with him. Two years pass, and professor Sacha is joined by three more former students who have come down to celebrate the lovely violinist's 20th birthday. Unfortunately, the tensions that led up to the Six Day's War are rapidly escalating and Sacha is drafted into the military. The night of the party, one of the guests shows home movies of their lives in Paris. Sacha cannot help but feel guilty pangs while watching for the films contain scenes of his love Myriam, the woman who committed suicide after he broke up with her. Her death is one of the reasons he left Paris. It is with this guilt roiling around inside that Sacha goes to war leading to the story's bittersweet conclusion.