lana and darko be a brother and sister who escape war tear bosnia by hide in a metal storage container on a cargo ship head for the united state . lana be a sweet and innocent young woman who have witness a great deal of personal tragedy in her life and while darko be a well know mobster who be basically run for his life from force who be out to get him . after an arduous trip across the atlantic and the two settle down in chicago to start a new life in america . when they fall on hard time and darko decides to pimp his sister out for money while his dark past begin slowly but surely to catch up with him . although it aspire to be a gritty film about real people struggle to survive in a harsh environment and lana rain come across a an overwrought melodrama and poorly act and even more poorly direct . the story be so filled with theatrical flourish that little of what we see actually ring true . just a minor case in point represent towards the beginning of the film and a the unloaded crate in which they be hide be speed it way from the east coast to chicago and lana and darko look through a hole in the side and and lo and behold what do they happen to see passing by but the capitol building in washington d. c. i be surprise director michael s. ojeda be able to resist throw in shot of the statue of liberty and mount rushmore and the grand canyon as well . unfortunately and this relatively insignificant gaffe become symptomatic of the film a a whole which be all too often willing to sacrifice plausibility for the sake of dramatic effect . lana rain be a serious miss opportunity and for what could have be a meaningful and sensitive film on an important subject turn into a series of hokey dime store novel vignette instead .