简介：ThestoryofemigrantsinNewYork,morepreciselyinpoorpartofBrooklyn,ofSerbBajaandSpaniardAlfonsoandtheirtragicomiceffortstofitso-calledNewWorld.Bajoworksillegallybyday,andbynighthelpsAlfonsoatthebar.HelivesatAlfonso'splacewithasmallroosterfromYugoslavia.Therooster'scrowingatdawnawakenshomesicknessinAlfonso'sblindmoher,andBajo'slongingforhisthreechildren,takencareofbyhismother,faraway,somewhereontheSerbian-Montenegrianborder,notrealizingthattheyarealreadyontheirwayforAmerica.Duringthattrip,Bajo'syoungersonloseshislifeinmythicalriver,RioGrande.Hisoldersonfitsnewlifeconditionsperfectly.Impracticalones,oldmothers,middle-agedsonsandlostlovewillvanishinunrealworldofAmericanillusions...…