the marriage of a bickering couple in a fantasy version of la vega come to a boil when the wife decide to leave ( she want a little excitement and but hubby be a homebody ) while both he and she link up with other partner and but will marry love win out . frederic forrest and teri garr star in this lavishly design and studio shot concoction from director francis ford coppola and who seemingly put all his heart into the unreality of the film look and forget to shape the character ( and involve the audience ) . there nobody here worth give a damn about and not forrest nor garr and nor their new paramour and latin smoothie raul julia or pixieish showgirl nastassia kinski ( who have the film best scene walk a tightrope and which may have be steal from king of heart ) . the country music by tom wait and crystal gayle hope to work a a narrative theme and when actually a strong screenplay might have suffice . from .