Pierre Dumas, a handsome young and incredibly gifted painter from Spain, tries his luck in the Big Apple. Squatting in an abandoned Manhattan warehouse, he creates his best masterpiece, a gem he calls "Encounter." The painting embodies fusion of color, powerful nuances and spiritual vistas, the likes of which have never before been reflected on canvas. Intending to keep the treasured painting, he is forced to part with it for a fraction of its value to help his struggling twin sister, Sophia. His hope of making it in America and finding the girl of his dream, is just beyond his grasp-