This film is an interesting look at what it is like to be an immigrant in modern America. It is the story of Vladimir Ivanoff, a sweet and talented but frustrated Russian saxophone player who feels the despair of living in the Soviet Union during the early 1980s. In Moscow, one is forced to stand in line to buy virtually anything, from toilet paper to shoes, and what is available is often of poor quality …showed first 75 words of 329 total…

…showed last 75 words of 329 total…cute Italian woman who sells perfume at Bloomingdale’s, Lionel, a black security guard at that same store who invites Vladimir to live with him and his family, and Orlando, a Cuban immigrant who becomes Vladimir’s immigration lawyer. Together, the four of them present a wonderful picture of the American experience, in which everyone seems to be from another part of the world, and all come to find their dreams in New York City.