It is 1943 in Nazi-occupied Paris, and nobody is safe. Nobody, except perhaps one small group of people, who've always existed outside the law. At Le Cirque Casini, the trapeze artists still fly. The strong men still perform amazing feats. The sad-faced clowns still make people laugh, even in a city with a broken heart. The Nazis do not trouble them, as long as they keep the people happy and entertained. But what the Germans don't know is that there are circus performers with secrets of their own. And when Lia - a performer known for her bravery on the trapeze - finds herself with nowhere else to go but back to the circus she'd left 18 years ago - she does so with two small orphaned Jewish children in tow, who she's sworn to protect