In the Depression-era, L.A. is the city of first and last resort, where all dreams are supposed to come ture. So it is for Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), a son of Italian immigrants who dreams of becoming a famous novelist and marrying a beautiful blonde, and for Camilla Lopez (Salma Hayek), a Mexican who longs to marry a WASP and shed her last name.In a time when relations between Anglos and people of Mexican descent hang by tattered threads, Bandini and Camilla collide with one another, fighting the city and themselves to make their dreams come true.
