[3] Niel Lynne (Paul Williams) is a romantic influenced by his rebellious cousin Eric.
Niel falls in love with his cousin Patricia (Judy Morris), who has spent time in Paris.
After working as an editor for a student newspaper, Niel then volunteers to fight in Vietnam and Patricia joins the Viet Cong.
The script was inspired by 'Siren Voices', Henry Handel Richardson's 1896 translation of a story by Danish writer, J.P. Jacobs, Niels Lyhne.
[1] David Baker cut eleven minutes from the film including a subplot involving Nicki Paull as Lynne's teenage bride who is killed in a car accident.