Cheri is kept in luxury by a Swiss wealthy man. She is about to take over her couturier boutique to end her dependance, when Edouard insists she should accompany him to South Africa... where he has a house, that belongs to his wife, in one of Johannesburg's wealthy suburbs. On arrival, Cheri is driven there by a young man, Eric and their mutual attraction is immediate. Cheri is practically kept prisoner. She soon sees that her only way out is in making a friend of the kind black woman, Maves, who is employed as the maid...