Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.

Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine year old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he s her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he s not her boy.