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Matilde (Esperanza Roy) is a former prostitute married to Tom (Robert Parker), an African-American pilot stationed in Madrid. Flashbacks show how the couple met, fell in love and married. She deals with the guilt of her past life, while Tom deals with the fact he may soon be sent back to Vietnam where he has seen friends of all colors die. Tom resents working for a government who expects duty and honor from black soldiers while race relations at home and abroad are strained and rampant with prejudice. The couple battles with fallout over their racially mixed marriage as the sword of Damocles hangs over Tom's head, always ready to fall and send him to Vietnam