Stretching across the canvas of the Sino-Japanese War of the 30s, the subsequent Japanese surrender in 1945, and the onslaught of Communism, this film depicts an ill-fated romance between a talented lady novelist and a Chinese traitor working with the Japanese who fall victim to the mayhem of war and their tragic inability to reconcile political differences.

三毛作品中最膾炙人口的《撒哈拉的故事》﹐ 由１２篇精采動人的散文結合而成﹐ 其中＜沙漠中的飯店＞﹐ 是三毛適應荒涼單調的沙漠生活後﹐ 重新拾筆的第一篇文字﹐ 自此之後﹐三毛便寫出一系列以沙漠為背景的故事﹐ 風靡了全世界的中文讀者。