Vaclav and Lena, the children of Russian migr s, are at the same time from radically different worlds. While Vaclav's burgeoning love of performing magic is indulged by hardworking parents pursuing the American dream, troubled orphan Lena is caught in a domestic situation no child should suffer through. Taken in as one of her own by Vaclav's bighearted mother, Lena might finally be able to blossom; in the naive young magician's eyes, she is destined to be his 'faithful assistant'... but after a horrific discovery, the two are ripped from each other without even a goodbye. Years later, they meet again. But will their past once more conspire to keep them apart?
