A veteran sea captain (Pierre Vaneck) recalls his South Sea adventures as a young boy in this adventure story from Herman Melville. Flashbacks tell of young Pierre (Pierre Clementi) who finds love with the beautiful older woman Hanila (Amalia Rodrigues) on a desert island. Other stories find two men duelling for the affections of the same woman and a family who makes their living by trapping and selling turtles. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi