 A young girl and her loving father (Oleg Yankovsky) are separated when he goes to America, intending to send for her. Shortly after his departure, their village goes up in flames, and the girl is forced to go to England, where she takes on the name Suzie, and finds that although she is misunderstood, tormented, and teased, she has one gift: she can sing. The movie follows Suzie (Christina Ricci) through the events of her early life, from when she moves to Paris and joins a dancing troupe, to when she meets flirt and showgirl Lola (Cate Blanchett), to when she falls in love with the gypsy Cesar (Johnny Depp). In the chaos and mayhem of the beginning of a World War, we witness Suzie s struggle as she is forced to decide between the love of her past to the new love that she has only just discovered.