the 1930 be a golden age of los angeles with it film industry and great potential of various other possibility to become rich and famous and happy . people be arrive there hop to fulfill their dream . expect open arm and welcome offer there be only a few who manage to succeed and find their way to stardom and majority then condemn to live starving and disillusion and unwanted and search for a bit of respect in dirty bar and nasty hotel room . young italian american writer arturo bandini arrive to la on a similar quest to spread his charm around to get one of those beautiful wealthy woman and to write an excellent novel that would set him on a career path and have so far write a single short story publish in an obscure anthology . wish to create a romantic masterpiece he seem to be unable to produce anything without experience it himself though and occasionally and he send piece of magazine story to a local editor that help him survive . he be proud to present himself a an italian but deep in his heart he truly feel his italian origin a a burden . the little money and the courage to conquer the world he once have be all long go and watch his dream turn into a hangover he hold a last single nickel to spend . the coffee she bring him be cold and sour and spit a curse on her trigger a never end relationship of insult and unspoken excuse and a love conceal beneath . camilla be an uneducated girl try to receive u citizenship through a marriage also carry her heavy cross of a non perspective racial heritage . though she be much of a strong and life experience person her situation a a beautiful mexican woman be much hard to deal with than arturo be able to realize . be it obvious that arturo eventually find his inspiration to work on the novel . be it possible that their love finally find it place in the sun . be it likely that their romance take an unlucky turn . it be very surprising to find out that the chemistry between the two main character and perform by salma hayek and colin farrell and do not work . the relationship lack the raw and authentic feeling . hayek though lively a character compare to farrell forgot to arm camilla with the passion and strength of her once brilliant character frida . also it be hard to have faith in a character which be intelligent but uneducated and illiterate us quite difficult vocabulary and complicated sentence . a tough character of a phil marlowe sort would definitely suit farrell well and though he look stun in a period costume and he seem very lose try to find the fragile world of a twenty year old dreamer balancing between a hidden love and desire to be true to himself . feel embarrassed watch the two on the screen be not right . their relationship might have be wild but it be more likely what a thunder and a lightning be without a storm and far from real passion and feeling just describe not felt inside . it be very sad that such a potential of an interesting script and good actor be waste and turn into a grey average of soon to be forget .