The first feature film by young fashion photographer Mazzucco is a charming and fragile work of atmosphere and sincerity. Made on a shoestring budget, the film takes us on a trip to New York City with Italian tourist Marco, who tries to find his way through the jungle of a giant foreign city.

In a series of vignettes he encounters a perplexing range of characters and life styles. On his arrival Marco meets a young man who offers him a place to stay. Then he goes to see an old girlfriend who, to his disappointment, has changed a lot (Susi Gilder's fashion model is probably the most obnoxious of her kind ever seen in a movie), and the cold New York winter doesn't raise his spirits either.

Communication problems make him feel lonely—a black woman he picks up speaks only French; and it gradually dawns on him that his host is a transvestite and is interested in him. Rose's splendid camerawork supplements the appeal of the slight story line with images of the big city in all its tawdriness and wonder.