Thomas Entragues failed writer became famous sports biographer, is charged by Victor Dantes, a wealthy entrepreneur, trace Paul, his son, left France with the chimerical project to adapt the legendary Hollywood 'Journey to the end of the night, Celine. Thomas flew to New York and Los Angeles, before plunging deeper into the vast American territory. Gradually, he meets men, and especially women, who have crossed paths with Paul. Continuing his research, Thomas approaches inevitably this stranger, this double itself. And this is how he learns, behind the lights of Hollywood, the true story of Paul Dantes and his love for Laura Follett. The story of a disappearance. Until the meeting ...