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New York, devedesetih godina 20 stoljeća. Velika najamna kućerina, mračnih hodnika i malih stanova. U njoj žive sasvim obični ljudi sa običnim, ali, barem ponekad, bizarnim problemima i nakanama: mlada žena s debelim i seksualno natraktivnim mužem, koja ima ljubavnika koji ju ćeka na požarnim stpenicama dok obavi bračnu dužnost, psihijatrica kojoj trba psihijatriska pomoć, mlada kineskinja koja traži muža kako bi dobila zelenu kartu, mladić koji ima najnesposobniju gangstersku bandu u povijesti kriminala, propali rocker, narkomanka, ostarjela nimfomanka...Film prati njihove živote i sudbine ispreplićuči njihove životne tokove i stvarajući zanimljive susrete i neobične situacije.
The film portrays life of New York Citys Lower East Side inhabitants. Introvert therapist Betty is befriended with Chinese immigrant Lu Lu, leftist radical Che is also Lu Lus friend. Italian immigrant and wife of supervisor of building where they all live, Marta, is having an affair with her neighbour Frankie who likes scams. One of his scams goes terribly wrong.

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Iranian-born director Ramin Niami loosely adapted the Maxim Gorky play The Lower Depths for this ensemble character study set in modern-day New York Citys Lower East Side. Sandra Bernhard stars as Betty, a remarkably introverted and lonely therapist hungering for a male companion. In her apartment building, several other residents also have emotional, career, or romantic issues. Chinese student Lu Lu (Bai Ling) wants to stay in the U.S., so she interviews prospective husbands in hopes of obtaining a green card. Marta (Ornella Muti) is forced to sexually service her buildings fat landlord daily in exchange for a free room, but shes in love with Frankie (Robert John Burke), an inept thief. Che (Paul Anthony Stewart) is a rich kid trying to incite a workers revolt from his basement headquarters, while Graham (Peter Stormare) is a gay Shakespearean actor looking for love. Their stories intersect in the films finale, which involves the kidnapping of former New York mayor Ed Koch (who