 Max de Mirecourt, celebrated French novelist, takes a vacation from his social-butterfly wife in Tunisia, where he meets beautiful Alwina, a barefoot hill shepherdess. To cure his writer s block, Max casts Alwina as heroine in a real-life  Pygmalion  story. She reacts to civilized ways and emotions with charming simplicity. Now Max, stung by reports of his wife s affair with a dark-skinned maharajah, has the idea of launching Alwina in Paris society as a princess. Will civilization spoil her wild charms? Who will pair off with whom?