After a harrowing experience in Bosnia, war photographer Mitch Coltrane vows to take pictures that celebrate hope instead of despair. But the horrors of his previous assignment continue to haunt him. Taking refuge in the past, he becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman in an old photograph from 1930s Hollywood. Seeking her identity, he discovers a young woman with a remarkable resemblance to the photo. The past intrudes on the present with terrifying consequences.