Tess en Ben Finnagan zijn een getrouwd koppel dat hun geld verdient met het zoeken naar schatten. Helaas hebben ze al jaren niets meer gevonden en zitten ze dus ook aan de rand van bankroet. Als gevolg daarvan loopt hun huwelijk ook niet bepaald soepel meer en ze besluiten een scheiding aan te vragen.
A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.
The film focuses on the exciting life journey of Swiss writer Katharina Zimmermann. She follows her husband on a mission to the jungle in Indonesia where she raises their four children and five foster children and lives through the military coup. Back in Switzerland Katharina discovers her voice and finds her path. Now, at eighty, she is writing her life story. Yet suddenly she faces another battle because her publisher is threatening to let her go.