- Description
French immigrant George Faure needs a green card — a permit to work and stay — while Bronte, a New York vegetarian, dreams of a huge rooftop apartment with a greenhouse. The solution is simple — George just needs a native wife, and Bronte any husband, because the landlord only rents the apartment to married couples. With the help of a mutual friend, they spend an hour at the offices, put away their rings, and everyone is happy. But everything has its limits. The immigration office is vigilant, such marriages are not new to them, and the diligent officials start asking probing questions. Bronte must move George into her home, and they have only a weekend to create the appearance of a shared life, have pictures from their honeymoon and vacations, to pass the scrutiny of the authorities. However, the cohabitation of this mismatched couple brings many complications — Bronte is an abstainer, non-smoker, and vegetarian, a beauty wrapped in her prejudices as tightly as in her floral pajamas. She cultivates medicinal herbs and plants trees around the city. Meanwhile, George, a musician by profession, clearly shows the traits of both his job and nationality. He is cheerful, messy, carefree, smokes wherever he wants, loves meat, wine, and life itself. It seems their union can only bring disaster, but appearances are often deceiving...
