Set in the 1950s in an abandoned Army barracks, two brothers, Baddi and Danni, are raised by their grandparents. Their flirtatious mother marries an American pilot and moves with him to the States. Baddi decides to pay the couple a visit and returns to Devil's Island a true hero, flashing a new American accent and a big car. His stardom soon fades however, and his mother divorces the pilot thrusting the quirky family into another adventure.