When the woman he loves goes away with her suitor, Francis falls into an abyss of pain and despair, a type of delirium where he recalls his unfortunate life. Finally, rising from this long nightmare, the phantom decides to abandon France and return to the Orient of his adolescence. Such a long trip to faraway lands signals the dawn of a new life for the talented man with a dreadful face. And maybe there is light awaiting him after so much suffering.