Lucien is 16 and in love. To impress his beloved Marie-Claude he sets out with a horse and cart to rescue an abandoned crop from a First World War battlefield in France. A young Australian soldier,Percy, becomes his ally in this mad quest and they share an encounter with the legendary German fighter ace, the Red Baron. For all of them - Lucien, Marie-Claude, Percy, ever the Red Baron - no other day will ever change their lives as much.