A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
London, 1782. Eighteen years after witnessing her father’s death, Lucie Manette receives news that he may still be alive. When her only lead, dashing Frenchman Charles Darnay, is arrested for treason, she turns to mercurial lawyer Sydney Carton for help.
Lucie and Charles journey to Paris to search for her long-lost father.
As Lucie builds a new life for her father in London, Sydney and Charles face off for her affection.
Charles is arrested in Paris; desperate to save him, Lucie turns to Sydney Carton.
