A once-idealistic writer inadvertently ignites a feeding frenzy in Hollywood with the mention of a mysterious new screenplay and its illusive author.

柏林墙被拆除之后，波兰青年罗曼（斯特凡纳·弗雷斯 Stéphane Freiss 饰）带着弟弟艾戴克来到了法国，他们坚信在这里能够更多的机会，让两人可以成就一番大事业。然而，现实远比想象中要来的残酷的多，在法国，身无长技的两人根本找不到像样的工作，尴尬的外来者身份更是让他们在生活中处处受到欺侮。很快，艾戴克就支撑不住闹着要回家了。 一次偶然中，罗曼得到了一个难能可贵的机会，让艾戴克顶替了一位著名导演的身份参加了电影节，而自己则作为翻译随行。这个冒牌的身份让兄弟两人享受到了难得的尊重，也体验了上流社会奢靡的生活。

A 19 year old Brooklyn boy who is torn between two worlds when his photography portfolio wins him a partial scholarship to NYU. He must figure out how to balance his Italian neighborhood roots with the expansive, sophisticated world on the other side of the East River. Based on Tim McLoughlin's novel "Heart of the Old Country".