Before unreal, chaotic backdrop of New York (living) artists clique two very different women come closer: Syd, the naive editorial assistant at a photo magazine frame and its neighbor, the former acclaimed photographer Lucy Berliner, who has not published more work for ten years , Lucy lives with the German actress Greta, her model and her lover, in a restless bizarre world of drugs and parties. However, this seems to be tired of the rough loner when Syd - fascinated and repelled at the same time -in her life occurs, and with their youthful energy to bring Lucy back to work, even give her a contract for Frame. The two get closer, but the delicate bond that ties between them, brings both worlds falter ... - a mixture of anonymity, tenderness, "sex, drugs 'n' modern art" - social study meets most closely the Genre of this breathtaking film. Lisa Cholodenko uses simple diagrams to illustrate everyday Extreme in an extreme normality oppressive and captivating, but not sensational, it is only to the extent overwhelmed by the act, as is the effect of the story conducive. "Kind of love-issue and a drug problem or a drug issue and a love problem, no matter ..." - definitely great!